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RONALD CHARLES CUNNINGHAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 11, 1948 – November 27, 1968
Service recordRonald Charles Cunningham, of Byron, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 72
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Byron, Minnesota (Olmsted County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 72
- DAVID DEWITT CREELSpecialist Five · November 27, 1968
- JERRY MARTIN DAUBERCorporal · November 27, 1968
- GORDON EARL DEGARMOFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- FREDRICK HARRY FRAZERSpecialist Four · November 27, 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.