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WALTER WAYNE CUNNINGHAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 22, 1944 – October 31, 1967
Service recordWalter Wayne Cunningham, of Trenton, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 102
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Trenton, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1967; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 102
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS BROWNPlatoon Sergeant · October 31, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE CAVERSergeant · October 31, 1967
- CHARLES DANE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WAYNE CAVERSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 102
From Trenton
- CHARLES BOYD WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1966
- PATRICK JAMES MCKINLEYLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- GARY WAYNE HOLBROOKCorporal · February 7, 1968
- LOUIS WADE CUSSINSLance Corporal · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID GOUGER JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- ROBERT LEE WUNDERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1971
- ROBERT JOHN DIPIETROSpecialist Four · July 29, 1971
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.