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JESSE J CUNNINGHAM JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1947 – June 24, 1968
Service recordJesse J Cunningham JR, of Searcy, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 27
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Searcy, Arkansas (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 27
- TERRY WALKER CRESSELPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- CARL LEE DOBYPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- ERNEST WILLIAM GARRETTSergeant · June 24, 1968
- GARY BERNARD GRISBYPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
From Searcy
- WILLIAM WARD SMITHCaptain · July 23, 1966
- OTIS LAMONT PHILLIPSCorporal · February 4, 1968
- MICHEL KENT SUBLETTCorporal · September 25, 1968
- WILBUR DALE LATIMERCaptain · January 19, 1971
- LAWRENCE CHARLES DEANChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 15, 1972
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.