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LOUIS KENNETH KANAAR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 26, 1931 – January 9, 1966
Service recordLouis Kenneth Kanaar, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 9, 1966, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 60
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 26, 1931
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1966; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 60
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
- DONALD RAYMOND SANDVEStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1966
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- DANIEL L SHERMANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
From Muskegon
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 1967
- BERNARD JOHN NOVAKStaff Sergeant · February 22, 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.