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CLARENCE BENO CUNNINGHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 25, 1949 – October 24, 1968
Service recordClarence Beno Cunningham, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 27
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 27
- DONALD RAY BURNSIDEPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD DARTTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- FRANK MICHAEL DENARDO JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- WILLIE ROBERT TUCKERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.