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NORMAN NORTHRO CUNNINGHAM
Major · U.S. Army
October 24, 1937 – September 24, 1968
Service recordNorman Northro Cunningham, of Van Nuys, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 4
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 24, 1937
- Home of record
- Van Nuys, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 4
- LAWRENCE W BREITNITZSergeant · September 24, 1968
- GEORGE MICHAEL CUNNINGHAMCaptain · September 24, 1968
- MARIO PEREDA ESTRADACorporal · September 24, 1968
From Van Nuys
- ROBERT LESTER VANGIESONPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT LYNN MARGOLISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- HENRY GARFIELD HAMPTONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT HILLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES TOMLINSONLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · April 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE JESSE ENGLANDERSergeant First Class · May 2, 1968
- D LANCE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- JOHN RODNEY NOBLECorporal · October 10, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BELLAMYStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1969
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.