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KENNETH LEROY CUNNINGHAM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1948 – October 3, 1969
Service recordKenneth Leroy Cunningham, of Ellery, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on October 3, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 33
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Ellery, Illinois (Edwards County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 3, 1969
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 33
- LARRY ONEAL ADAMSONSpecialist Four · October 3, 1969
- HARRY LEE BOLESSergeant · October 3, 1969
- FRANCIS WILMER DEAL JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 3, 1969
- ALTON LEON ELLISONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL LEROY GRAFFECaptain · Panel 17W, Line 34
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.