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RICHARD SAVAGE CUNNINGHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 1, 1948 – May 14, 1970
Service recordRichard Savage Cunningham, of Spencerville, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Spencerville, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 39
- WILLIAM JACKSON BREWER JRFirst Lieutenant · May 14, 1970
- FRANK KENNETH BUSHLance Corporal · May 14, 1970
- STEPHEN C CHASINWarrant Officer 1 · May 14, 1970
- ROBERT K EVEREST IIIWarrant Officer 1 · May 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CHARLES DAIGLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 40
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.