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CANOY LEWIS SISTRUNK
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 12, 1946 – July 11, 1969
Service recordCanoy Lewis Sistrunk, of Sebastopol, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 103
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Sebastopol, Mississippi (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 103
- BYRON DUNCAN STEWARTStaff Sergeant · July 11, 1969
- JOSEPH ANDREW TAISLERCorporal · July 11, 1969
- GEORGE BERNARD TEARPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- ALLAN COURTNEY THIBOUPrivate First Class · July 11, 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.