Age 82, Lawton - Graveside service will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. Sergeant Major Cordero died Thursday in Lawton. Burial with full military honors is under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. Sergeant Major Cordero was born July 19, 1927 in Humacao, Puerto Rico, to Juan Bautista and Rafaela Christian Cordero. He served in the U.S. Army for nearly thirty years before retiring at Fort Sill on July 31, 1978. He was a veteran of Vietnam and his awards include the Army of Occupation Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Purple Heart with first oak leaf cluster, Army Commendation with first oak leaf, National Defense Service Medal with first oak leaf cluster, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal-Berlin, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal-Korea, Bronze Star Medal with first oak leaf cluster, Valorous Unit Award, Bronze Star Medal for Heroism with second oak leaf cluster, Civil Actions Honor Medal First Class, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm. Good Conduct Medal tenth award, Four Overseas Service Bars, Vietnam Service Medal with seven service stars and the Meritorious Service Medal. Following his retirement from the army he earned his bachelors degree in Business Administration from Cameron University and later worked as an auditor for the Internal Revenue Service. He was a Catholic and a member of the Masonic Lodge. He is survived by two daughters, Lydia Woolum and husband David, Warr Acres, Oklahoma, and Linda Cordero, Lawton; a son, Juan Carlos Cordero, Fort Worth, Texas; a brother, Angel M. Cordero, Puerto Rico; a sister, Haydee Cordero-Gonzalez, Puerto Rico. His parents preceded him in death.