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ROBERT JAMES CORDOVA
Fireman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
August 21, 1947 – January 27, 1968
Service recordRobert James Cordova, of Boystown, Nebraska, served as a Fireman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 27, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 45
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman Apprentice (FA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS VALLEY FORGE LPH 8
- Born
- August 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Boystown, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 35E, Line 45
- RUBE ARTHUR COX JRSergeant · January 27, 1968
- WILLIAM EDMOND DONOHUEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 27, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR FELSHAWPrivate First Class · January 27, 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.