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WILLIAM EDWARD CORDERO
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 20, 1935 – June 22, 1965
Service recordWilliam Edward Cordero, of Santa Barbara, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 22, 1965, in Laos, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 20, 1935
- Home of record
- Santa Barbara, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 15
- JAMES LANE TALLEYSergeant · June 19, 1964
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- CLAYTON LEON CRUCEPrivate · June 21, 1965
- KENNETH WAYNE PARKERLance Corporal · June 21, 1965
From Santa Barbara
- DENNIS PHILIP COOKLieutenant · April 6, 1966
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE SHALHOOBLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD HOLDERMANHospitalman · December 28, 1966
- DONALD CARYL GRANEYMajor · February 24, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- STEPHEN BROWNING NEALPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- JOHN CAREY JRCorporal · July 28, 1967
- JERRY BRUCE MENANECorporal · September 12, 1967
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.