Edward Cunningham
Private First Class
E CO, 2ND BN, 26TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
New York, New York
October 13, 1949 to September 16, 1968
EDWARD CUNNINGHAM is on the Wall at Panel W43, Line 3

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09 Aug 2002

REMEMBERED

by his comrades in arms from
VVA Chapter 421

Placed by another Vietnam veteran,
Lester Modelowitz
lmodelowitz@si.rr.com


 
30 Jun 2007

Dear Eddie, it's been 39 years since you gallantly gave your life so others would not have to face the horrors of war. I have thought of you every day during those years. You have never been forgotten! Semper Fi!!

From a friend,
Robert Catalano
catmandu49@hotmail.com


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 13 Sep 1968 the four rifle companies of 2/26 Marines were helilifted to LZ Margo in the Cam Lo River valley about 12 miles west of Cam Lo itself. 2/26's "mission was to find, fix, and destroy all enemy units and installations in the Area of Operations." The Marines initiated aggressive sweeps all around LZ Margo, eliciting violent action from the North Vietnamese regulars who occupied the area. During the period 16-19 September, LZ Margo endured extraordinary mortar attacks, as well as occasional artillery fire from NVA positions within the Demilitarized Zone; these fires resulted in the deaths of 28 Marines over the four days. The 2/26 Command Chronology for September 1968 contains the following entry:
"16 Sep - At 161520H BLT 2/26 CP received a total of 158 82mm mortar rounds at XD 901611. Mortars were firing from [four different areas]. Returned fire initially with machine guns and small arms, then used 81mm [mortars] and artillery. The attack resulted in 21 USMC KIA, 135 USMC WIA, and 6 USMC NBC."
Eight men from Echo 2/26 are known to have died from the mortar attack on 16 Sep:

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