Franklin Harlee Canup Jr.

Vietnam War
UnitMine Squadron 11
RankElectrician's Mate Second Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromConcord North Carolina
Date of DeathJanuary 14 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Electrician's Mate Second Class Canup was a member of Detachment A, Mine Squadron 11, U.S. Navy. On January 14, 1967, he was killed when his Mine Sweeping Boat 14 (MSB-14) was rammed and sank by a merchant ship, the MUI FINN. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.