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WILLARD SPARKS CANNON III
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 5, 1947 – April 29, 1970
Service recordWillard Sparks Cannon III, of Winchester, Massachusetts, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 67
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Winchester, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 67
- PAUL DEWITT BRANNONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1970
- WENDELL LEE BROWNCaptain · April 29, 1970
- DAVID MOY BURKE JRSpecialist Five · April 29, 1970
- LOUIS ANTHONY FAVUZZAFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1970
From Winchester
- RICHARD WILLIAM BONDCorporal · March 8, 1966
- FRANCIS JOHN MURACOCorporal · November 23, 1967
- GEORGE CAMPBELLSergeant · March 24, 1968
- RONALD PAUL ZENGASergeant · January 3, 1969
- PHILIP BENJAMIN GOODWINSpecialist Four · February 5, 1970
- STEPHEN BRADFORD EMERYFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1970
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.