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ROBERT EARL CANNON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 25, 1945 – October 27, 1968
Service recordRobert Earl Cannon, of Media, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 41
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Media, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 41
- DENNIS CARLTON ACKERMANWarrant Officer 1 · October 27, 1968
- THOMAS ARTHUR BIDDULPHFirst Lieutenant · October 27, 1968
- RICHARD LOYD BRAY IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- STEVEN CRAIG CANRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS CLEMENS KLOSESpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 44
From Media
- JOHN HENRY SOTHORON LONGCaptain · October 18, 1966
- EDWARD DRAKE SCOTTLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROWNSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- EUGENE JOSEPH GARRITY JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 23, 1969
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.