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WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAM
Captain · U.S. Army
November 19, 1939 – August 17, 1966
Service recordWells Eldon Cunningham, of St Joseph, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 19, 1939
- Home of record
- St Joseph, Missouri (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 15
- WALTER JOSEPH DECOTAMajor · August 17, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- GEORGE THOMAS KRUEGERPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DONALD MAURICE SINGERColonel · August 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RUDOLPH PEARSONMajor · Panel 10E, Line 16
- ALLEN GLAINE WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 16
From St Joseph
- GALEN FRANCIS HUMPHREYGunnery Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- HENRY CLAYTON CASEBOLTCorporal · February 28, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES LOGANAirman First Class · March 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · April 11, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE BOHONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- CHARLES C BURNETT JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- LARRY GENE CAMPBELLCorporal · August 19, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- FRANK VELAZQUEZCaptain · January 1, 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.