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HAROLD JEFFREY CANAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 28, 1948 – September 14, 1967
Service recordHarold Jeffrey Canan, of Oceanside, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Oceanside, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 70
- CLARK EDWARD CLEVELANDPrivate First Class · September 14, 1967
- DONALD BARRY DRAYPrivate First Class · September 14, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALLAGHERCorporal · September 14, 1967
- EDWARD TERRY HARRISON JRLance Corporal · September 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EUGENE TREIBLEYSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 73
From Oceanside
- PETER ALLAN PENFOLDLance Corporal · October 17, 1967
- RONALD VINCENT MAIORANAPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN HUEFFNERPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- ADAM DYCKMAN KNECHTCorporal · May 7, 1968
- STEPHEN BERNARD CARLINFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL RIZZO JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 14, 1970
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.