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JOHN R CANIFF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 7, 1941 – November 5, 1966
Service recordJohn R Caniff, of Steubenville, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 27
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1941
- Home of record
- Steubenville, Ohio (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 27
- DAVID LAWRENCE CARLSONPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- RICHARD GLEN COLLINSFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM LUTHER DENMANPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- LEX ELSWICKSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- LYNN JORDAN RUSSELLSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROY ROGER BLEWETTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 26
- WILLIAM LUTHER DENMANPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 27
- LEX ELSWICKSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 27
- LYNN JORDAN RUSSELLSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 27
- EARL DEWITT HUTTONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 28
- HARRY D LUNDPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 28
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MULLENSpecialist Five · Panel 12E, Line 28
- ALAN JAMES PERRAULTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 29
- RICHARD ALLEN SPANGLERSpecialist Five · Panel 12E, Line 30
- GEORGE GERALD STOLLSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 30
- JERRY DEAN TABERSpecialist Five · Panel 12E, Line 30
- ROBERT EUGENE TAYLORSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 30
- FERNANDO LUIS TORRES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 31
- ROBERT LEE VESTSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 31
- ARTIE DELL WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 31
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · Panel 12E, Line 31
- GENE TALBERT WINTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 31
- JAMES L WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 32
From Steubenville
- FREDERICK LEE RYANPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- CHARLES HOMER BALLPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS FRANCIS MASTROIANNIPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- ARTHUR ELLIOTT JONESSergeant · March 28, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ENSELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- JAMES WARREN ALLEN JRCorporal · November 8, 1967
- HOWARD KEITH WILLIAMSLieutenant Colonel · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN LULLAFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1968
- CALVIN CHARLES GLOVERChief Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS NALLEYCorporal · November 24, 1968
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.