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EDWARD DEAN MCCANN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 8, 1933 – September 17, 1966
Service recordEdward Dean McCann, of Arlington, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 17, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- November 8, 1933
- Home of record
- Arlington, Ohio (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 108
- JAMES ALTON LOCKWOODSpecialist Four · September 17, 1966
- JOSEPH BINGHAM MACK JRMajor · September 17, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- GARY EUGENE MCCASLINPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDWARD ROCKYCaptain · Panel 10E, Line 110
- MICHAEL EDWARD SURWALDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 111
From Arlington
- TIMOTHY HOWARD RINEHARTCorporal · December 22, 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.