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RUTILIO PROFIRIO CORDOVA
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1945 – August 29, 1967
Service recordRutilio Profirio Cordova, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 61
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 61
- SHAREL EDWARD BALESFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1967
- RUSSELL REID BANNISTERSergeant · August 29, 1967
- FRED BURKETT CRADDOCK JRCorporal · August 29, 1967
- JAY ROY NORMANSergeant · August 29, 1967
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.