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STEVEN CRAIG CANRIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1948 – October 27, 1968
Service recordSteven Craig Canright, of Castro Valley, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 41
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Castro Valley, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 41
- DENNIS CARLTON ACKERMANWarrant Officer 1 · October 27, 1968
- THOMAS ARTHUR BIDDULPHFirst Lieutenant · October 27, 1968
- RICHARD LOYD BRAY IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT EARL CANNONSergeant · October 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN EDWARD COLLIERSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 42
- LOUIS ARTHUR FRYESergeant First Class · Panel 40W, Line 43
- JAMES J MCCAFFREY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 46
- RAYMOND MARSHALL TANNERSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 47
From Castro Valley
- RICHARD LEE IANNICELLIPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- PAUL PHILLIP VANOVERLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- GLENN DOUGLAS MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · February 8, 1968
- WILLIAM BLAKELYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- THAD BAZILY JESSIMANPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- GERALD THOMAS DUFFEYPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- PATRICK STEVEN LAIRDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- EDWARD THEODORE PETERS JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- DON JAY MCATEESergeant · April 18, 1969
- LARRY HOUSTON COOKEStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1969
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.