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JAMES EARL CUNNINGHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 26, 1944 – April 29, 1966
Service recordJames Earl Cunningham, of Rockwood, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 9
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Rockwood, Tennessee (Roane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 9
- DAVID DEE GUMMERESergeant · April 29, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE HELEMSStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- DARYL LEE KADOUSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- LAWRENCE DOUGLAS KNUTHFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL HENRY BALLSpecialist Five · Panel 7E, Line 6
- TOMMY LEE BOATWRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 7
- ROBERT ENOCH FOSTER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 8
- DARYL LEE KADOUSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 9
- JAMES ARTHUR LEVINGSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 10
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · Panel 7E, Line 10
- JAMES RONNIE MOLLETTESergeant · Panel 7E, Line 10
- JOSE FERMI RIVERA-BARRETOPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 12
- JASPER STEPHENS JRSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 12
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TRITICOPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 12
- WILBERT EUGENE WAXTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 12
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 13
From Rockwood
- RALPH RONALD SPRINGS JRPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- BILLY WALKER MCGHEEPetty Officer First Class · February 6, 1968
- ALVIN FLYNN GUNTERSergeant First Class · March 28, 1969
- MICHAEL LYNN FERGUSONPetty Officer First Class · November 28, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM KNIGHTSpecialist Five · September 11, 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.