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THOMAS N CARDIFF JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1948 – December 29, 1966
Service recordThomas N Cardiff JR, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 29, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 96
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- February 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 96
- ELWOOD D COVEY JRSergeant · December 29, 1966
- BLAINE A DEBOARD JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES BRYAN ELDER JRPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CLARENCE E EVERETTMaster Sergeant · December 29, 1966
From Johnstown
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD ANDREW MINDYASAirman · July 29, 1967
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES CARNEYSpecialist Four · May 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.