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GEORGE MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 26, 1939 – September 24, 1968
Service recordGeorge Michael Cunningham, of Santa Monica, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 24, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 4
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 26, 1939
- Home of record
- Santa Monica, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 4
- LAWRENCE W BREITNITZSergeant · September 24, 1968
- NORMAN NORTHRO CUNNINGHAMMajor · September 24, 1968
- MARIO PEREDA ESTRADACorporal · September 24, 1968
From Santa Monica
- ODIS DANIEL ARNOLDLieutenant Colonel · June 30, 1961
- MARK RICHARDSON CHASESpecialist Four · March 4, 1965
- DAVID MICHEL HANNPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- REO OWENSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- OSCAR ROLAND CARRIEREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- BRUCE LEONARD KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- KENNY RYOSUKE SUZUKIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- LAWSON DOUGLAS GERARDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM F WARNERSecond Lieutenant · July 25, 1967
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.