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LARRY LAMONT CUNNINGHAM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1945 – December 3, 1968
Service recordLarry Lamont Cunningham, of Louisville, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 30
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Louisville, Mississippi (Winston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 30
- BILLY JOE CLAYBORNStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1968
- RONALD RAYMOND CONKLINSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- ALEX BOYD CONLEYSergeant · December 3, 1968
- JOHN CLARK DAVIDSONPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE URBANPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 34
- LESLIE DONALD ROSEKRANSSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 35
From Louisville
- SAMUEL L HUNTWarrant Officer 1 · October 26, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM HUDSONCaptain · March 17, 1969
- HARRY CHARLES GREERCorporal · April 23, 1970
- WILLIE LEE STEELELance Corporal · June 8, 1970
- JERRY DOYLE WALKERSpecialist Five · December 3, 1970
- JOHN HENRY HAREPrivate First Class · November 28, 1971
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.