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RICHARD JOHN CANOVA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1946 – October 7, 1966
Service recordRichard John Canova, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 7, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 55
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- September 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Weymouth, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 55
- GARY WILLIAM BRAASCHPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- DAVID WESLEY BRANCHPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES BROCKMANNSecond Lieutenant · October 7, 1966
- ORMAN LEE CROSSLEY JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
From Weymouth
- RICHARD B FITZGIBBON IIILance Corporal · September 7, 1965
- JAMES HENRY CAVICCHI JRLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM HARRIS LITTLEPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1967
- PAUL FRANCIS QUILLLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- RICHARD ROBERT KELLEYSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- MARK JOSEPH FITZGERALDFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1972
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.