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RICHARD JOE CORDOVA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 29, 1948 – April 27, 1969
Service recordRichard Joe Cordova, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 60
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Born
- February 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 60
- LARRY DEE BROCKFirst Lieutenant · April 27, 1969
- BENJAMIN BUGARINCaptain · April 27, 1969
- WALTER CORBIN CARTERSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
- BILLY CLAYTON CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.