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OWEN FRED MCCANN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 13, 1933 – March 10, 1966
Service recordOwen Fred McCann, of Utica, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 135
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 13, 1933
- Home of record
- Utica, Pennsylvania (Venango County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 135
- ELDON DALE LONGPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- FREDERICK PRICESpecialist Four · March 10, 1966
- ALAN MICHAEL TANGUAYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- JAMES LAWRENCE TAYLORSergeant · March 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LAWRENCE TAYLORSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 135
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.