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WILLIAM CANNION

Sergeant · U.S. Army

March 22, 1945 – September 6, 1968

Service record

William Cannion, of Hayneville, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 45W · Line 48

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Service

Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Sergeant (SGT)
Service: Regular
Occupation: Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded): 101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born: March 22, 1945
Home of record: Hayneville, Alabama (Lowndes County)

Casualty

Date of death: September 6, 1968
Age: 23
Province: Hua Nghia
Country: South Vietnam
Casualty type: Hostile
Category: Killed in Action
Circumstance: Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.

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Elsewhere

Also on Panel 45W, Line 48

GREGORY LEE BOMBERRYSergeant · September 6, 1968
ROBERT EDWARD BOONESpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
MARSHALL JASON BROWNCorporal · September 6, 1968
ROBERT O CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968

Same unit, same day

JAMES HOWARD ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 45W, Line 47
JAMES EUGENE BARNHILLSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 47
DEAN ALLAN BELLSpecialist Five · Panel 45W, Line 47
GREGORY LEE BOMBERRYSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 48
ROBERT O CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 48
LLOYD THOMAS DARLINGCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 49
JEFFREY ALAN DAVISSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 49
BENJAMIN TALLY DAWKINSSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 49
JEFFREY ALAN EVANSSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 50
ROBERT ALLEN GAMBERSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 50
MERRILL THOMAS GERAGHTYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 50
GEORGE ADEN GERALDSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 50
MICHAEL LYNN GRIFFITHSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 51
KENNETH BRUCE JENKINSCaptain · Panel 45W, Line 53
GUS WINSLOW JOHNSON JRSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 53
JOHN FRANKLIN KELLYCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 53
MICHAEL CAREY KOLAROVCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 53
JIMMY DAVIS LEMLEYSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 54
STEVE ALLEN LIVENGOODPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 54
ANTHONY JOHN MONTESCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 54
EDWIN ALLAN PENNSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 55
THOMAS WYATT HARRISCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 56
RANDOLPH SAMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 56
ROY BENJAMIN SQUIRESSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 57

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.