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CHARLES ROBERT CUNNINGHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 20, 1946 – March 31, 1969
Service recordCharles Robert Cunningham, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 97
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- February 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 97
- RAMEY LEO CARPENTERLieutenant · March 31, 1969
- JEROME ANTHONY DEGALLEYCorporal · March 31, 1969
- TERRY LEE DELCAMBREPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
- CHARLIE HILL IIICorporal · March 31, 1969
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.