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TROY VERNAL CANADY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 2, 1951 – April 13, 1970
Service recordTroy Vernal Canady, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 130
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 130
- WILLIAM MILES CALDWELLSergeant · April 13, 1970
- JAMES JOHN COOKSergeant · April 13, 1970
- STANLEY WENDEL CRAWFORDSpecialist Five · April 13, 1970
- CLIFFORD JERRY EARNHARDTSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FRANKLIN AUSTINSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 129
- JUAN GARCIA-GARAYSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 131
- KENNETH LEON MCCARTYSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEE PENDERGASTSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 1
- LESLIE JAMES WATSONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 2
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
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.