Vietnam War
| Unit | 225th Aviation Company |
|---|---|
| Rank | Staff Sergeant U.S. Army |
| Entered Service From | Ellery Illinois |
| Date of Death | October 3 1969 |
| Status | Recovered |
| Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Staff Sergeant Cunningham was a member of 225th Aviation Company, 223rd Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. On October 3, 1969, he was the observer in a Grumman Mohawk Aircraft (OV-1C) on an night (infrared) surveillance mission in the tri-border area of Cambodia, Laos and South Vietnam. Contact was lost and the aircraft was found two days later on top of a 7,000 foot peak in a mountain range north of Kontum. SSGT Cunningham's remains have been recovered and identified in 2015. His remains are interred at a private cemetery in Illinois. SSGT Cunningham's name is permanently inscribed on the Vietnam Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI.
