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WILLIS GLEN CARDIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 30, 1946 – February 6, 1968
Service recordWillis Glen Cardin, of San Lorenzo, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1946
- Home of record
- San Lorenzo, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 52
- ARMANDO CHAPA JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 6, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE CLARKSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE CORLEYLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JOHN BACHMANCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 47
- ROBERT EARL BALDWINSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 47
- EDWARD JAMES BOVACorporal · Panel 37E, Line 49
- RONALD WILLIAM BRYANTCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 50
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · Panel 37E, Line 52
- JOHN H EDWARDS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 54
- WILLIE GARCIA JRCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 56
- LARRY BRYSON HULSEYSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 58
- EDWARD JOHN KOWSKI JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 60
- WALTER THAXTON PANNELLSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 66
- CONRAD E ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 67
- WILLIAM A SAWYERSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 68
- PAUL DAVID SHAMP JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 69
- TENNYSON AARON THOMASCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 71
- MICHAEL WARREN WEBSTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 75
From San Lorenzo
- STEVE ALBERT SRSENPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- JAMES DENNIS PIPERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- EDWARD KENNETH FERGUSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- PATRICK BERT HOPPECorporal · August 2, 1967
- LARRY DOUGLAS SHARPPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- DENNIS JOSEPH MEDEIROSCorporal · March 6, 1968
- RAY WILLIAM BERG JRSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- DENNIS LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
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.