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DENNIS CHARLES CANNAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 1, 1950 – October 25, 1970
Service recordDennis Charles Cannan, of Rochester, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 20
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 20
- JEFFREY MICHAEL SHAWStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1970
- GREGARY ALAN WILKSSergeant · October 24, 1970
- ZANE CHRISTIEStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1970
- MANUEL DELEON DOMINESergeant · October 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY ROBERT OWNBEYSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 21
- KIM WILLIAM WIDMERSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 21
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.