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GEORGE JOSEPH CANAMARE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 21, 1943 – February 8, 1969
Service recordGeorge Joseph Canamare, of Cedarhurst, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 83
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Cedarhurst, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 83
- JAMES LARRY WARDSergeant · February 7, 1969
- GARY NORMAN YOUNGHospitalman · February 7, 1969
- LONNIE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- JAMES GREGORY BROWNCorporal · February 8, 1969
From Cedarhurst
- GEORGE WHITNEY CARPENTERCorporal · February 17, 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.