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WOODROW MICHAEL CANNADY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 18, 1951 – September 22, 1970
Service recordWoodrow Michael Cannady, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 83
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 83
- JACKIE RAY BROOKSPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
- WILLIAM STANLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- BOBBY GEORGE FIELDSStaff Sergeant · September 22, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES GAMBINOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 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.