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WAYNE MEDDIE CARDINAL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1946 – October 22, 1967
Service recordWayne Meddie Cardinal, of Redford, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 48
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Redford, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 48
- CLARENCE JOSEPH HEMMELCaptain · October 21, 1967
- CLAUDE YOUNGStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD DOOLEYLieutenant Commander · October 22, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY RAY MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 50
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.