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STEVEN LEE CANNON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 15, 1947 – May 10, 1967
Service recordSteven Lee Cannon, of Olalla, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 78
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Olalla, Washington (Kitsap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 78
- HUGH FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- NEIL JOSEPH CACCIOTTOLOPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- STEVEN DOYLE CHAMBERSHospitalman · May 10, 1967
- LINWOOD EARL EBRONLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOHN DAVISCaptain · Panel 19E, Line 80
- AILEY BERDEAN HURLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 82
- RONALD EDWARD YOUNGSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 88
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.