Charles Albert Cannon, Jr. was the eldest child of Charles and Ruth Coltrane Cannon.
He was a pilot during the Second World War and was lost in Southeast Asia while on a mission. The body was never recovered.
In his Memory the Cannon Family established the Charles A. Cannon, Jr. Memorial Hospital in Banner Elk, North Carolina. In 1999 it merged with the Sloop hospital of Crossnore into a combined central facility in Newland, Avery Couty, North Carolina.
A Memorial for 2LT Cannon is included in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Manila, Philippines.
He was a pilot during the Second World War and was lost in Southeast Asia while on a mission. The body was never recovered.
In his Memory the Cannon Family established the Charles A. Cannon, Jr. Memorial Hospital in Banner Elk, North Carolina. In 1999 it merged with the Sloop hospital of Crossnore into a combined central facility in Newland, Avery Couty, North Carolina.
A Memorial for 2LT Cannon is included in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Manila, Philippines.
Charles Albert Cannon, Jr. was the eldest child of Charles and Ruth Coltrane Cannon.
He was a pilot during the Second World War and was lost in Southeast Asia while on a mission. The body was never recovered.
In his Memory the Cannon Family established the Charles A. Cannon, Jr. Memorial Hospital in Banner Elk, North Carolina. In 1999 it merged with the Sloop hospital of Crossnore into a combined central facility in Newland, Avery Couty, North Carolina.
A Memorial for 2LT Cannon is included in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Manila, Philippines.
He was a pilot during the Second World War and was lost in Southeast Asia while on a mission. The body was never recovered.
In his Memory the Cannon Family established the Charles A. Cannon, Jr. Memorial Hospital in Banner Elk, North Carolina. In 1999 it merged with the Sloop hospital of Crossnore into a combined central facility in Newland, Avery Couty, North Carolina.
A Memorial for 2LT Cannon is included in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Manila, Philippines.
Inscription
Lt. U.S. Army Air Force
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Purple Heart
Missing in the China-Burma-India area
Gravesite Details
Future burial spot. There is an active group seeking to recovery the bodies of airmen lost in the Burma Hump during World War II. Location of the plane is somewhat known, but not exactly.
Family Members
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