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FRANKLIN HARLEE CANUP JR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
June 2, 1928 – January 14, 1967
Service recordFranklin Harlee Canup JR, of Concord, North Carolina, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 14, 1967, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 26
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electrician's Mate (EM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MINRON 11 DET A
- Born
- June 2, 1928
- Home of record
- Concord, North Carolina (Cabarrus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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
Also on Panel 14E, Line 26
- ARLO FRANK BROWNSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- JAMES B CANNINGTON JRCorporal · January 14, 1967
- JOE HERBERT EPPSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT CLARK FERRISWarrant Officer 1 · January 14, 1967
From Concord
- JAMES HENRY FURRLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- NORMAN PERRY HOWIE JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID HENRY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- JAMES JUNIUS GRAYSergeant First Class · July 15, 1967
- TROY ALEXANDER GALYANSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- GARY STEVEN CHRISTENBURYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- LIONEL NESBIT PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS PEEKPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- FRED LEROY ROACH JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOHN LEROY PARTEESergeant First Class · March 29, 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.