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MICHAEL D CANNADAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 17, 1945 – January 1, 1967
Service recordMichael D Cannaday, of Boones Mill, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Boones Mill, Virginia (Franklin (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 107
- GEORGE S PHENNEYStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1967
- CHARLES LEROY RAIFORD JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- LARRY DEAN ALLENPetty Officer First Class · January 2, 1967
- MAJOR ROY DALTON JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ALAN BULLOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 106
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.