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JERRY MAX CUNNINGHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 25, 1949 – January 11, 1970
Service recordJerry Max Cunningham, of Constantine, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 25
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Constantine, Michigan (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 25
- VERLYN CARL BRUNSCorporal · January 11, 1970
- RICHARD DAVID CHORLINSCaptain · January 11, 1970
- MICHAEL EDWARD DARNELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1970
- JAMES WILLIAM SALTERStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM FELKNERSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 26
- EDDIE DANIEL GLINNENSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 26
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.