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TYREE CARDWELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 12, 1950 – May 14, 1969
Service recordTyree Cardwell, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 1
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 1
- SAMUEL THOMAS BAKERSergeant · May 14, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD BOUTTRYCorporal · May 14, 1969
- JOE EDDY BRAGGSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- TOMMY LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOE EDDY BRAGGSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 1
- FREDDIE LEE COFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 3
- DANIEL ELMER ROSENCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 3
- GILES WILSON GILMERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 5
- WILLIAM ROBERT HALECorporal · Panel 24W, Line 6
- PHILLIP HERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 6
- MERLIN JAMES LABERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 8
- ROBERT FRANCIS LAUBACHERCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 8
- MICHAEL DENNIS MELTONSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 8
- STEVEN GENE PETTISSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 10
- GARY REID CLODFELTERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 11
- DONALD WAYNE PRIEST JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 11
- WINSTON OSBORNE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 12
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.