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JAMES LEON CUNNINGHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 13, 1942 – February 27, 1967
Service recordJames Leon Cunningham, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 104
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Born
- August 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 104
- WILSON LEE COOKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JESUS ROSAS CRUZLance Corporal · February 27, 1967
- DONALD GARY DETMERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1967
- DAVID ORSON FJERSTADCorporal · February 27, 1967
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.