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LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 19, 1947 – December 19, 1965
Service recordLouis James Cunningham, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Minnehaha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 27
- STUART KING TWEEDYSecond Lieutenant · December 18, 1965
- CLIFFORD LEROY WHIPPLELance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- ROBERT JOHN WILKINSLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOSEPH PAUL YATSKO JRFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1965
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LEE DERHEIMStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 28
- BENNIE ROMEROSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 28
- NELS WILLIAM SWANSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 29
From Sioux Falls
- DENNIS CLARK KNUTSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROGER ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · October 14, 1966
- PAUL OLYNN EVANSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- RONALD RA VANREGENMORTERCaptain · January 12, 1967
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- SAMUEL FANTLE IIICaptain · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID MARKSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- DONNY RAMON KIDDChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 4, 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.