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Dennis Lloyd Cunningham, 53, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel and a senior military consultant since 1998 with the McLean offices of the IIT Research Institute, died April 27, 2001, of cancer at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Colonel Cunningham was born in Cincinnati and was a 1971 graduate of Bowling Green State University. He began his Army career that year and was a helicopter pilot flying combat missions during the Vietnam conflict. His decorations include a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart.
He moved to the Washington area in the early 1970s, settling in Alexandria. He was assigned to the Pentagon and specialized in aviation and force development before his retirement in 1998.
His marriage to Vanessa Thompson ended in divorce.
Survivors include a son, Christopher Grant Cunningham of Odenton, and his parents, William and Jane Cunningham of Cincinatti.
CUNNINGHAM, DENNIS LLOYD
LTC US ARMY
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: 04/30/1971 – 03/24/1999
DATE OF BIRTH: 03/07/1948
DATE OF DEATH: 04/27/2001
DATE OF INTERMENT: 05/22/2001
BURIED AT: SECTION 66 SITE 6469
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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