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BRUCE ALTON CANNON
Captain · U.S. Army
November 20, 1947 – September 7, 1971
Service recordBruce Alton Cannon, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1971, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 11
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1971; two of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 11
- THOMAS EDWARD SWEINSBERGERSpecialist Four · September 4, 1971
- ALAN ROLF HINZPETERSpecialist Four · September 6, 1971
- RONNIE SHINYA MARSHALLSergeant · September 6, 1971
- JIMMIE DAVID HINTONSpecialist Five · September 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE DAVID HINTONSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 11
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.