George Ham Cannon was born in Webster Groves, Missouri on November 5, 1915. He was the son of Benjamin Cannon and Charlotte Ham.
George was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps on June 25, 1938.
George was killed during the First Bombardment of Midway on December 7, 1941. He was buried on Midway, and was later disinterred and reinterred in National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.[1] There is also a cenotaph with his name in Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, Indiana.[2]
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