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LEON CANFIELD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 24, 1932 – December 8, 1967
Service recordLeon Canfield, of Wilburton, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 64
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Metal Working Foreman (44Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1932
- Home of record
- Wilburton, Oklahoma (Latimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 64
- PAUL EDWARD DUFFORDSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- GEORGE NICHOLAS FANIS JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL FLATLEYCaptain · December 8, 1967
- THOMAS GRANTPlatoon Sergeant · December 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ROGER BENJAMINSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 63
- HUBERT CLAYTON CARTERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 63
- PAUL EDWARD DUFFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 64
- JOHN MACK RAYSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 66
- JOHN EDWARD THIELSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 67
From Wilburton
- WILLIAM TONY BROCKPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- CLYDE ELMER CARTER JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- LARRY COLEMAN KNIGHTLieutenant · April 9, 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.