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RICHARD WILLIAM CARDINALI
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 1, 1947 – April 28, 1968
Service recordRichard William Cardinali, of Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 35
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachute Rigger (43E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 52E, Line 35
- LEONARD CARABEOLance Corporal · April 28, 1968
- RICHARD ANTHONY CASSANOCorporal · April 28, 1968
- WILLIAM RICHARD COOKColonel · April 28, 1968
- JIMMY LEE CURRYPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
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.