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JACOB H CUNNINGHAM III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1946 – February 14, 1967
Service recordJacob H Cunningham III, of Lexington, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Lexington, North Carolina (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 28
- RAYMOND LEONARD HARTPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- STEVEN ROSS KINGCorporal · February 14, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE MARVINLieutenant · February 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- NAPOLEN KELLY COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 27
- RAYMOND LEONARD HARTPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 28
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 28
- STEVEN ROSS KINGCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 28
- OSCAR E RATLIFFStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 29
- NORMAN REX REAGANPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 29
- RAYMOND WILKIE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 29
From Lexington
- HAROLD DANIEL MCCARNCaptain · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD ROOSEVELT BANKSStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- ROBERT FRANKLIN MELTON JRSpecialist Four · January 15, 1967
- WILLIAM FORDSergeant First Class · October 23, 1967
- SAMUEL F HOLLIFIELD JRPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- JIMMY CARROLL HESTERCorporal · December 24, 1968
- RONALD FRED LEONARDSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
- ANDREW JACKSON NEWCOMBECorporal · February 14, 1971
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.