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JOHN EDWARD CANTLON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1946 – November 24, 1966
Service recordJohn Edward Cantlon JR, of East Lansing, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 24, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 24, 1946
- Home of record
- East Lansing, Michigan (Ingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 114
- ROBERT CAIN JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
- DONALD ROBERT DUNCANSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
- THOMAS GUSTAV ERICKSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- RUSSELL EDWIN FERREBEESpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
From East Lansing
- GEOFFREY EMMONS GREENFirst Lieutenant · September 8, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP LACLEARPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS J MILLERSergeant · December 10, 1966
- VERNON CHARLES WILDERSPINSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- CRAIG GEOFFREY KNOBLOCHPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- NORMAN ALAN FREDASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1969
- ASA PARKER GRAY JRColonel · May 13, 1969
- LEO FRANCIS HARTSUFFSergeant · September 7, 1969
- THEODORE RICHARD LEIGHTONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 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.