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WILLIAM NEAL CUNNINGHAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 8, 1946 – December 28, 1969
Service recordWilliam Neal Cunningham, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 102
- CHARLES KING BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1969
- OTIS CARTHAGE JRCorporal · December 28, 1969
- ROGER DALE COXCorporal · December 28, 1969
- ROBERT LEWIS EMERYSergeant · December 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL KEITH TETERCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 106
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 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.