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JOHN WAYNE CANNON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1946 – September 12, 1970
Service recordJohn Wayne Cannon, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 57
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 57
- BERNARD HERBERT PLASSMEYERFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1970
- LONNIE MELROE SWINSONMaster Sergeant · September 11, 1970
- DEVON MARDIC ENMANSergeant · September 12, 1970
- DEAN WILLIAM HARDMANCorporal · September 12, 1970
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.