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ROBERT EUGENE CUNDIFF
Captain · U.S. Army
December 22, 1943 – March 26, 1968
Service recordRobert Eugene Cundiff, of Owensboro, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Supply Officer (4514)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Owensboro, Kentucky (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 31
- ROBERT EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- JACK EDWARD DERRICOSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE ELMOREPrivate · March 26, 1968
- RICHARD EVANCHOLance Corporal · March 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE DOUGLAS ALLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 26
- JOEL GARY ANDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 27
- GENE THOMAS BAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 27
- BENJAMIN JOSEPH BELARDESpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 28
- JOSEPH M BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 29
- ROBERT EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 31
- MICHAEL ANDREW FAYSpecialist Five · Panel 46E, Line 32
- STEVEN HENRY GERLACHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 33
- DENNIS STEPHEN GLEASONPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 33
- JAMES TONY GORSICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 33
- CHARLES LEE HOWESpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 35
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 35
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 37
- MAURICE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 38
- JAMES MYRON MOSERSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 38
- CECIL RAY MILLSPAUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 39
- JAMES ALLAN OSTERLOTHPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 39
- LAWRENCE PAUL PENNELSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 40
- HARVEY JOSEPH TOMPKINSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 42
From Owensboro
- CHARLES ERVIN SHELTONColonel · April 29, 1965
- RANDELL GENE TRAILLance Corporal · October 26, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE FORDWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- CHARLES RAYMOND LEONARDSpecialist Four · July 22, 1967
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY COOMESPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS COONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY WATTSWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 1967
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.