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SEBASTIAN PIADOCHE CANLAS
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 20, 1928 – February 11, 1966
Service recordSebastian Piadoche Canlas served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 24
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 20, 1928
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 24
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- KERMIT HAROLD YOHOSpecialist Four · February 10, 1966
- GEORGE KEVIN BEERESSpecialist Four · February 11, 1966
- ROBERT OWEN CANTRELLSpecialist Four · February 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE KEVIN BEERESSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 24
- MOSES M COTTONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 25
- THEODORE F TAYLOR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 26
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.