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RALPH DURWARD CORDELL
Major · U.S. Army
July 7, 1935 – January 15, 1967
Service recordRalph Durward Cordell, of Hartwell, Georgia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 7, 1935
- Home of record
- Hartwell, Georgia (Hart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 33
- TERREL ELBERT CARTERPetty Officer First Class · January 15, 1967
- ROGER JOHN COOKLance Corporal · January 15, 1967
- TOMMY LEWIS CRAFTCorporal · January 15, 1967
- RICHARD ORIN DEMARISPrivate · January 15, 1967
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.