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WILLIAM DAVID CANUP
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 23, 1941 – April 6, 1968
Service recordWilliam David Canup, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 6, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 24
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 24
- JOSE BRENES-ESCOBARPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- ELMER WILLIAM BROWNStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN BROWNPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- MARVIN EUGENE BURROWSStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.