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BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1946 – May 6, 1968
Service recordBrian Jeffrey Cannada, of Des Plaines, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Des Plaines, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 2
- LARRY BRISCOESergeant · May 6, 1968
- KARL LEE BULLARDFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1968
- ANGEL LUIS BURGOS-CRUZADOPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE CLAMPFFERCorporal · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EUGENE BAIRDSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 38
- EDWARD LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 1
- JAMES LEE CLARKSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 3
- BRUCE NORMAN HUFFFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56E, Line 9
- THEODORE EDWARD LEYDESergeant · Panel 56E, Line 11
- ORVAL WADE MCLEARYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 56E, Line 13
From Des Plaines
- LEONARD J LEWANDOWSKI JRSergeant · October 19, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS RENZPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- ROBERT EDWIN MATSONSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- MICHAEL STEVEN BRYANTPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- RALPH LAURENCE CARLOCKMajor · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILTON ALBRIGHTLieutenant · March 10, 1967
- DONALD EDWARD WALTERS JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES T DONAHUE JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1967
- THOMAS PATRICK KLAUSINGPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- PATRICK CARLISLE RIORDANPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
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.