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JAMES B CANNINGTON JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 25, 1947 – January 14, 1967
Service recordJames B Cannington JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 26
- ARLO FRANK BROWNSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- FRANKLIN HARLEE CANUP JRPetty Officer Second Class · January 14, 1967
- JOE HERBERT EPPSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT CLARK FERRISWarrant Officer 1 · January 14, 1967
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.