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RICHARD BRUCE CANNING
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1945 – October 4, 1969
Service recordRichard Bruce Canning, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 35
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Oh-13/Oh-23 Helicopter Repairman (67M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 35
- ALEX LEON MCLEANLance Corporal · October 3, 1969
- RALPH DONALD RABERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1969
- WILLIAM CALVIN AVERYPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- PAUL WILLIAM LARREMOREPetty Officer Second Class · October 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL SHROBAStaff Sergeant · Panel 17W, Line 38
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.