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ANDREA CUNEO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 17, 1943 – April 28, 1966
Service recordAndrea Cuneo JR, of Sunnyvale, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Sunnyvale, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 5
- ANTHONY ANGELO GENNOCROSpecialist Four · April 28, 1966
- CLEMENT B JOHNSTON JRLance Corporal · April 28, 1966
- MOSES CALVIN LEESpecialist Four · April 28, 1966
- MICHAEL A NEWKIRKCorporal · April 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN A BULPITTPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 4
- MOSES CALVIN LEESpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 5
- DEANE S VANDYKE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 6
From Sunnyvale
- JOHN PATRICK VAUGHNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- KURT CHARLES EDIEPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD FREILING JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD HENRYCorporal · October 14, 1967
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BERRYLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- RONALD RAY LOVELANDSergeant · February 7, 1968
- CARROLL BRUCE FULLERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- KRAIG SEWELL HOGANSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- JOSEPH CRUZ BAZAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.