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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: CUNNINGHAM
First name: DAVID CARSON
Home of Record (official): FALL RIVER MILLS
State (official): CA
Date of Birth: Thursday, August 23, 1945
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SP4
Serial Number: 56403170
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E4
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11D20
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
E Troop 2nd Squadron
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Saturday, August 20, 1966
Date of Casualty: Friday, March 24, 1967
Age at time of loss: 21
Casualty type: (A3) Hostile, died while missing
Reason: Multiple fragmentation wounds (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Tay Ninh
The Wall: Panel 17E - Row 034
--- Interment ---
Fall River Mills Cemetery
RT 299 (Near Airport)
Fall River Mills, Shasta County, CA 96028