Francis Eugene Cannon
Corporal, U.S. Army
21st Infantry Regiment, 196th Infantry Brigade
Entered the Service From: Phoenix, Arizona
Date of Birth: December 11, 1944
Date of Death: January 08, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Corporal Cannon was a member of Company D, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 196th Infantry Brigade. On January 8, 1968, he was fighting the enemy in "Happy Valley", Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam when he was wounded and taken prisoner. He died in captivity. His remains were recovered on August 14, 1985 and identified on November 4, 1985. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. **
Corporal Frances Eugene Cannon's remains were recovered on August 14, 1985 and identified on November 04, 1985.
Frank Cannon, a handsome 6" tall man of 24 with deep set eyes, suffered from
the wounds he received by the exploding mortar shell. These wounds became
gangrenous, and although the wounds gradually improved by summer 1968,
Cannon grew continually weaker. By August, Cannon weighed only 90 pounds and
slipped into a coma. In early September 1968, Frank Cannon died. 17 years
later, the Vietnamese returned his remains to his country.
Corporal, U.S. Army
21st Infantry Regiment, 196th Infantry Brigade
Entered the Service From: Phoenix, Arizona
Date of Birth: December 11, 1944
Date of Death: January 08, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Corporal Cannon was a member of Company D, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 196th Infantry Brigade. On January 8, 1968, he was fighting the enemy in "Happy Valley", Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam when he was wounded and taken prisoner. He died in captivity. His remains were recovered on August 14, 1985 and identified on November 4, 1985. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. **
Corporal Frances Eugene Cannon's remains were recovered on August 14, 1985 and identified on November 04, 1985.
Frank Cannon, a handsome 6" tall man of 24 with deep set eyes, suffered from
the wounds he received by the exploding mortar shell. These wounds became
gangrenous, and although the wounds gradually improved by summer 1968,
Cannon grew continually weaker. By August, Cannon weighed only 90 pounds and
slipped into a coma. In early September 1968, Frank Cannon died. 17 years
later, the Vietnamese returned his remains to his country.
Francis Eugene Cannon
Corporal, U.S. Army
21st Infantry Regiment, 196th Infantry Brigade
Entered the Service From: Phoenix, Arizona
Date of Birth: December 11, 1944
Date of Death: January 08, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Corporal Cannon was a member of Company D, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 196th Infantry Brigade. On January 8, 1968, he was fighting the enemy in "Happy Valley", Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam when he was wounded and taken prisoner. He died in captivity. His remains were recovered on August 14, 1985 and identified on November 4, 1985. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. **
Corporal Frances Eugene Cannon's remains were recovered on August 14, 1985 and identified on November 04, 1985.
Frank Cannon, a handsome 6" tall man of 24 with deep set eyes, suffered from
the wounds he received by the exploding mortar shell. These wounds became
gangrenous, and although the wounds gradually improved by summer 1968,
Cannon grew continually weaker. By August, Cannon weighed only 90 pounds and
slipped into a coma. In early September 1968, Frank Cannon died. 17 years
later, the Vietnamese returned his remains to his country.
Corporal, U.S. Army
21st Infantry Regiment, 196th Infantry Brigade
Entered the Service From: Phoenix, Arizona
Date of Birth: December 11, 1944
Date of Death: January 08, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Corporal Cannon was a member of Company D, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 196th Infantry Brigade. On January 8, 1968, he was fighting the enemy in "Happy Valley", Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam when he was wounded and taken prisoner. He died in captivity. His remains were recovered on August 14, 1985 and identified on November 4, 1985. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. **
Corporal Frances Eugene Cannon's remains were recovered on August 14, 1985 and identified on November 04, 1985.
Frank Cannon, a handsome 6" tall man of 24 with deep set eyes, suffered from
the wounds he received by the exploding mortar shell. These wounds became
gangrenous, and although the wounds gradually improved by summer 1968,
Cannon grew continually weaker. By August, Cannon weighed only 90 pounds and
slipped into a coma. In early September 1968, Frank Cannon died. 17 years
later, the Vietnamese returned his remains to his country.
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