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Personal info

Full name
CUNNINGHAM, James Ellsworth
Date of birth
1 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
Hometown
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36407277
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
22 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of La Forge or Rehaupal, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 12 56

Immediate family

Members
Irving E. Cunningham (father)
Ellen F. (McFadzen) Cunningham (mother)
Irvin W. Cunningham (brother)
Margaret D. Cunningham (sister)
Robert C. Cunningham (brother)
Belva J. Cunningham (sister)
Mary J. (Patterson) Cunningham (wife)

More information

T/4 James E. Cunningham enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 29 October 1942.

He was married to Mary Jane Patterson on 25 January 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Michigan, Marriage Records / 1930/1940 Census / 142ndaar-.pdf / https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy