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RONALD LAMAR CANNON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 25, 1950 – October 11, 1969
Service recordRonald Lamar Cannon, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định 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 66
- LARRY EDWIN CROWSergeant · October 11, 1969
- DOMINGO YABBARA GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
- ALAN DAVIS GROOMSergeant · October 11, 1969
- JOHN HOOPER V HATHAWAYCaptain · October 11, 1969
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
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.