SPC Richard Blake Cunningham

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SPC Richard Blake Cunningham

Birth
Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California, USA
Death
19 Oct 1991 (aged 46)
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
Burial
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 18 Site 54
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Richard Blake Cunningham was the son of Kathryn Ann Kidwell (1922-1998) and
George Blake Cunningham (1921-1994).

He attended grade school in Sebastopol and Santa Rosa, California and High School in Corpus Christi and then Houston, Texas.

Richard was drafted into the U.S. Army on September 9, 1964. He trained with the Army Airborne at Fort Benning, Georgia and was attached to the 173rd Airborne in Vietnam where he participated in a live combat jump. He was discharged as a SP4 on September 10, 1966.

Richard married Evelyn Michele Dowless (1944-__) on March 11, 1974 in Houston, Fort Bend County, Texas.
Children:
• Louella Michele (1975-__)

Richard and Evelyn Michele Dowless were divorced on June 30, 1978 in Harris County, Texas.

Richard then married Olga Lucille Curfman (1925-1984) on December 23, 1978 in Nueces County, Texas. Richard and Olga separated in November 1981. No children.

Richard Blake Cunningham died of a heart attack in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Richard Blake Cunningham was the son of Kathryn Ann Kidwell (1922-1998) and
George Blake Cunningham (1921-1994).

He attended grade school in Sebastopol and Santa Rosa, California and High School in Corpus Christi and then Houston, Texas.

Richard was drafted into the U.S. Army on September 9, 1964. He trained with the Army Airborne at Fort Benning, Georgia and was attached to the 173rd Airborne in Vietnam where he participated in a live combat jump. He was discharged as a SP4 on September 10, 1966.

Richard married Evelyn Michele Dowless (1944-__) on March 11, 1974 in Houston, Fort Bend County, Texas.
Children:
• Louella Michele (1975-__)

Richard and Evelyn Michele Dowless were divorced on June 30, 1978 in Harris County, Texas.

Richard then married Olga Lucille Curfman (1925-1984) on December 23, 1978 in Nueces County, Texas. Richard and Olga separated in November 1981. No children.

Richard Blake Cunningham died of a heart attack in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Gravesite Details

SPEC4 US Army, Vietnam