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TERRY DENVER CORDELL
Captain · U.S. Army
June 11, 1935 – October 15, 1962
Service recordTerry Denver Cordell, of Sanford, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 11, 1935
- Home of record
- Sanford, Florida (Seminole County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1962
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1962. In October 1962, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 13
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- MIGUEL ANGEL VALENTIN JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1962
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- RICHARD L FOXXTechnical Sergeant · October 15, 1962
From Sanford
- EDWARD FRANK GOLDCommander · December 22, 1965
- CHARLES A GAINESSergeant · May 21, 1966
- MICHEAL JOHN DRAKEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- SHELTON MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER ANDREWSPrivate First Class · December 3, 1967
- PATRICK LINDSEY HALLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD HALLSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WOOD GRANTSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD JONESPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- WILLIAM DALE STOVALLPrivate First Class · October 31, 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.