Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: H Company, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 63C – General Vehicle Repairman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 25-Apr-1948
Hometown: Carlisle, Massachusetts
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 25-Nov-1966
Start of tour: 1-Aug-1967
Incident date: 2-Jul-1968
Date of casualty: 2-Jul-1968
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Douglas Allen Cann died from wounds received while on combat operation when engaged hostile force in firefight.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Green Cemetery, Carlisle, Massachusetts, USA
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