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WILLIAM EUGENE CANNON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 10, 1946 – March 20, 1966
Service recordWilliam Eugene Cannon, of Homer City, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Homer City, Pennsylvania (Indiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1966; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 24
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- DENNIS DEAN FERGUSONCaptain · March 20, 1966
- THEODORE LAUER FISCHERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- DAVID FLORESSergeant · March 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 25
- RICHARD ANTHONY GROOVERLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 25
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.