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MICHAEL RAY CUNEEN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1945 – April 5, 1966
Service recordMichael Ray Cuneen, of Bradford, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 84
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 3 AT BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Bradford, Pennsylvania (Mckean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 84
- JAMES WILLIAM BROWNPrivate · April 5, 1966
- GERMA CHAPARRO-VILLANUEVASpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- BARNEY MCKINLEY GILES JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
From Bradford
- RONALD LEE HERBSTRITTPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- JAMES VINCENT RALSTONSergeant · January 19, 1967
- JAMES KEITH OXLEYHospitalman · November 30, 1967
- LAWRENCE GARY GRASSISpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- BRUCE ALAN COBBPrivate First Class · March 25, 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.