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KENT ALAN CUNNINGHAM
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
May 17, 1947 – November 1, 1968
Service recordKent Alan Cunningham, of Appleton, Wisconsin, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 73
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 CA GRP COM ACT 3 MAF
- Born
- May 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Appleton, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 73
- CHARLES GREY COSTINSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- DUANE LEE COTTETCorporal · November 1, 1968
- MICHAEL BRENDAN COUNIHANSergeant · November 1, 1968
- RONNIE COURTNEYSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
From Appleton
- MICHAEL DEANE LAUXCorporal · March 25, 1966
- LARRY DUANE JUDKINSHospitalman · February 10, 1967
- ALLEN DARYL PAPENFUSPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY REINKECorporal · March 21, 1967
- DENNIS JAMES ADAMSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- DENNIS ROBERT SCHMIDTAirman · November 28, 1967
- KENNETH JOSEPH GRASSLPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS HARTZHEIMPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL MORIARTYPrivate · August 22, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ARENSCorporal · October 1, 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.