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Personal info

Full name
CUMMINGS, Paul Cecil
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Brunswick, Frederick County, Maryland
Hometown
Weverton, Washington County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33191714
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 October 1944
Place of death
Near Marainviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 10 62

Immediate family

Members
Nettie V. Cummings (mother)

More information

Pfc Paul C. Cummings attended high school for two years and was a brakeman for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad before he enlisted at Fort Meyer, Virginia on 22 June 1942.

He was killed by a land mine.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Cari Dobbs, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Herald, 11 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy