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DEE OKEY NELSON CANADY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1937 – November 15, 1969
Service recordDee Okey Nelson Canady, of Sayre, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 78
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 14, 1937
- Home of record
- Sayre, Oklahoma (Beckham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 78
- ARTHUR NORMAN WELCHLance Corporal · November 14, 1969
- CHARLES RAY ALEXPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
- JAMES RONALD CULWELLLance Corporal · November 15, 1969
- RONALD LLOYD DUCOMMUNSpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
From Sayre
- JOHN CALVIN BOHANNONStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1967
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.