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RICHARD IRA CUNNINGHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 17, 1949 – April 27, 1969
Service recordRichard Ira Cunningham, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 61
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 61
- MICHAEL EUGENE COURTRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1969
- JAMES DENNIS CROWSpecialist Five · April 27, 1969
- BERTRAND JAHN DACEYCaptain · April 27, 1969
- EARL MERRILL DENEENSergeant · April 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN BUGARINCaptain · Panel 26W, Line 60
- CLYDE ARTHUR GIDDINGSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 62
- GERALD HUFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 63
- CHARLES WENDELL JENNINGSSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 63
- DEAN RAYMOND JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 63
- JIMMY DONALD JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 63
- DANIEL ARTHUR KEENEPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 64
- WILLIAM HENRY KINDLESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 64
- WENDELL WAYNE LESLIESpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 64
- RICHARD ARLEN OMANCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 66
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.