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FRANCIS EUGENE CANNON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 11, 1944 – January 8, 1968
Service recordFrancis Eugene Cannon, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 8, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 80
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 8, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 80
- SAMUEL BLUNTStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- DANIEL RAYMOND BOWMANPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- JAMES LARRY BURNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS CHAPMANCaptain · January 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FRANK WILLIAMSFirst Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 32
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.