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PAUL H CARDENAS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 2, 1948 – January 31, 1970
Service recordPaul H Cardenas JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 85
- DAVID ALLEN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 31, 1970
- RICHARD MICHAEL MADERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1970
- ROBERT LAMAR MCARTHURPrivate First Class · January 31, 1970
- RICARDO MENDIOLACorporal · January 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BLAINE WILBERT ENOS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 83
- ALAN BRIAN PARTRIDGEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 86
- ONEIL J PELLEGRIN JRCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 86
- DONALD LLOYD SWANSONCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 87
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.