World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
John Edward Cunningham
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Atlanta, Georgia
Honored By
Walter N. Webb
B-24 GUNNER, 9TH BOMB SQUADRON, 7TH BOMB GROUP, 10TH AIR FORCE, CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER FROM JUNE 17, 1944 TO MARCH 24, 1945. KILLED AND MISSING IN AIR ACCIDENT EN ROUTE TO BOMBARDMENT MISSION IN THAILAND. AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER, DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION, PURPLE HEART. MEMORIALIZED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY AND ON TABLETS OF THE MISSING AT MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY, PHILIPPINES.