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DONNIE LEE CUNNINGHAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 4, 1950 – November 18, 1970
Service recordDonnie Lee Cunningham, of Gideon, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Gideon, Missouri (New Madrid County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 67
- ENVER BAJINCorporal · November 18, 1970
- DAVID VINCENT DELOZIERLance Corporal · November 18, 1970
- ROBERT A DONNELL IISergeant · November 18, 1970
- CLEVELAND RAY HARVEYFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1970
From Gideon
- ROBERT ANDREW STREETSpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
- MATTHEW THEODORE ORTONCorporal · February 26, 1967
- BOBBY TRUMAN SIEGLERCorporal · March 19, 1970
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.