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LEONARD DWIGHT CUNNINGHAM
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 25, 1949 – March 12, 1970
Service recordLeonard Dwight Cunningham, of Pulaski, Tennessee, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 116
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Pulaski, Tennessee (Giles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In March 1970, 625 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.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 116
- JAY THOMAS DANDURANDWarrant Officer 1 · March 12, 1970
- AARON LEE DARRCorporal · March 12, 1970
- DUDLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1970
- RICHARD HENRY DURANTPrivate First Class · March 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES HENRY CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 115
- JAY THOMAS DANDURANDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 116
- GARY DOUGLAS MCNICOLSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 119
From Pulaski
- BYRON DWAYNE HAMLETTSergeant First Class · March 10, 1967
- HOWARD PALMA PETTYLieutenant Colonel · March 15, 1968
- THOMAS LEE MCELROYPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- JOHNIE KENNETH WOODARDSpecialist Five · April 25, 1971
- LOWELL THOMAS GLOSSUPSergeant First Class · May 20, 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.