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JOSEPH W CUNNINGHAM JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 10, 1947 – May 11, 1970
Service recordJoseph W Cunningham JR, of Oceanside, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multi-Engine Airplane Repairman (67K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Oceanside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 19
- ROBERT LEE OCONNORStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT OLSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1970
- JERRY WILLIAM PYLELieutenant Colonel · May 11, 1970
- SCOTT EUGENE SUTHERLANDSpecialist Five · May 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT EUGENE SUTHERLANDSpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 19
- DANNY JOE TAULBEESpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 20
- DANIEL JOSEPH VAUGHANSpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 20
From Oceanside
- JOHN HARVEY HOEFFSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN HAYESSergeant Major · February 28, 1967
- DON MELVIN PERDUESergeant · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON STUTESSergeant · September 10, 1967
- TUIOALELE T SUIAUNOASergeant First Class · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES GOSCHFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS N MCKENZIE IICorporal · March 8, 1968
- VIANE SOFENI MISAPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · April 23, 1968
- DANIEL RALPH BROPHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
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.