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EMORY STEPHEN CANNON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1946 – January 11, 1968
Service recordEmory Stephen Cannon, of Plant City, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 28
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Plant City, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 28
- MONTE REX BUSBYStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1968
- MICHAEL DEAN CRIBELARPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- DOUGLAS BARTON GREEN IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1968
- DONALD NELLIS THORESENPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DEAN CRIBELARPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 28
- GERALD MARTIN PINAPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 31
- EUGENE MELVIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 33
From Plant City
- HENRY VAN DEMPSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- DEREX WILLIAMS JRCaptain · August 23, 1967
- WILLIAM EDGAR JERKINSAirman First Class · September 4, 1967
- CARLOS LARUE KNIGHTSergeant · June 12, 1968
- RONALD KEITH GROOMSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD LISENBYCorporal · August 13, 1968
- DONNIE EDWARD WATSONCorporal · September 23, 1968
- DAVID T MOORESergeant · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT DALE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1969
- ISOM JUNIOR GOODWINECorporal · December 27, 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.