Frances Eugene Cannon

Vietnam War
Unit21st Infantry Regiment, 196th Infantry Brigade
RankCorporal U.S. Army
Entered Service FromPhoenix Arizona
Date of DeathJanuary 8 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
21st Infantry Regiment, 196th Infantry Brigade

Notes
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.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.