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ROY BILLY CANADY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 14, 1947 – October 16, 1966
Service recordRoy Billy Canady, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 79
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 14, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 79
- DANNY CARL WHITEPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- CHARLES L BOLINGSpecialist Four · October 16, 1966
- ALBERT GEORGE HALLOWELLLieutenant · October 16, 1966
- ROBERT CRITCHLEY KELLERFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES WILSONSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 80
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.