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Donald W. Cunningham

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Donald W. Cunningham

Birth
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
21 Jun 1951 (aged 24–25)
Washington, USA
Burial
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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US Navy casualty

Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class Cunningham was a member of Patrol Squadron 9, assigned to Whibdey Island Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington. On June 21, 1951, he was in a PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol bomber on a training mission when the aircraft crashed in Skagit Bay about 50 miles north of Seattle killing him. Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class Cunningham was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.

The Oklahoman, Saturday, June 30, 1951:
Services for Donald Wesley Cunningham, US Navy ordinanceman, killed in a plane crash near Puget Sound, WA, June 21, will be at 10 am Monday in Street & Draper Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Parents: Charles and Florence Cunningham
US Navy casualty

Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class Cunningham was a member of Patrol Squadron 9, assigned to Whibdey Island Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington. On June 21, 1951, he was in a PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol bomber on a training mission when the aircraft crashed in Skagit Bay about 50 miles north of Seattle killing him. Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class Cunningham was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.

The Oklahoman, Saturday, June 30, 1951:
Services for Donald Wesley Cunningham, US Navy ordinanceman, killed in a plane crash near Puget Sound, WA, June 21, will be at 10 am Monday in Street & Draper Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Parents: Charles and Florence Cunningham


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