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ROBERTO LUIS CANAS
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 8, 1949 – January 27, 1971
Service recordRoberto Luis Canas, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 65
- JAMES PAUL MARKEY JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1971
- WILLIAM DEO NICODEMUSSpecialist Four · January 26, 1971
- GEORGE LORD ROBERTSONStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1971
- JOHN MAUTZ NEILLCaptain · January 27, 1971
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.