In Memoriam

ROBERT J CORDOVA

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Cordova, Robert James
Boystown, NE
NAVY
FA

BIRTH DATE:

8/21/1947

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1/27/1968
1/27/1968

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NON-RECOVERABLE

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South Vietnam
Quang Tri
48QYD430660
N/A

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Not Listed
LPH-8 USS Valley Forge

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FA = Fireman Apprentice
USS VALLEY FORGE, TG 76.5, TF 76, 7TH FLEET
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Lost At Sea, Body Not Recovered
Casualty codes: C3-J-8
C3 = Non-Hostile - Died While Missing
J = Drowned or suffocated
8 = Casualty at sea
MIA - Body not recovered.
https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt00000001UcAEAU
Lost At Sea 10 Km East-Southeast Of The Cua Viet River Mouth 27Jan68.

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