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DENNIS LANE CUNNINGHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1947 – March 17, 1968
Service recordDennis Lane Cunningham, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1947
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 9
- ROBERT BYREL CANNONPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- VIRGIL EUGENE CHILDERSCorporal · March 17, 1968
- GEORGE WILLIAM COLEMANSecond Lieutenant · March 17, 1968
- ALLEN PAUL SHEEHANPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER EVANS DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 10
- ROBERT ANTHONY ITZOESergeant First Class · Panel 45E, Line 12
- WENDELL GENE TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 16
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.