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SHAWN GLEN CANNON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 4, 1946 – August 9, 1970
Service recordShawn Glen Cannon, of Flushing, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1970, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 97
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 97
- DENNIS WAYNE BAXLEYSergeant · August 9, 1970
- IVERY LEE BAXTERPrivate First Class · August 9, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM ELLIOTTSergeant · August 9, 1970
- WILBERT JASPER JONES JRStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1970
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 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.