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RALPH CANNON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 21, 1939 – February 11, 1969
Service recordRalph Cannon, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 11
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
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 21, 1939
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 32W, Line 11
- JOHN ARTHUR BELFORDSeaman · February 11, 1969
- LARRY ALAN COCHRANPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- DALE EUGENE CRICKLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
- RAFAEL CRUZ-CRUZCorporal · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD WILLIAM KROSKE JRMajor · Panel 32W, Line 13
- GARY ROBERT REEDCaptain · Panel 32W, Line 16
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.