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GARY EDWARD CANAPP
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 31, 1948 – May 8, 1968
Service recordGary Edward Canapp, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 34
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 56E, Line 34
- ROBERT ESTEN ABBOTT JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- MIGUEL A ABREU-BATISTA JRCorporal · May 8, 1968
- DALE CHARLES ANDREWSLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- RONALD NEIL BANKSTONSergeant · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ECKHARD GERHARD BRENKERCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 35
- PAUL L DARDEN JRSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 1
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.