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GEORGE CANADA JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1933 – May 15, 1966
Service recordGeorge Canada JR, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 13, 1933
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 61
- RALPH CAROL BALCOMColonel · May 15, 1966
- JACK RAY BRADNERSergeant · May 15, 1966
- JAMES DANIEL HAKES JRLance Corporal · May 15, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM JENSENColonel · May 15, 1966
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- MALCOLM CARLIS SMITHLance Corporal · January 26, 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.