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PEDRO O CANCEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1944 – January 7, 1967
Service recordPedro O Cancel, of New Britain, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 123
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Quartermaster Supply Specialist (76E)
- Born
- October 27, 1944
- Home of record
- New Britain, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 123
- JOHN MARSHALL MIZELLEPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- JOHN JAMES MURPHYLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 1967
From New Britain
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- RICHARD EARL CHABOTLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- FLOYD MONROE HORTONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR GILBREATHPetty Officer Third Class · July 22, 1966
- RICHARD W ROYSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PELLETIERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID SMITHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JOHN DENNIS WHORFFSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
- WALTER EARL BENTLEYCorporal · November 1, 1967
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.