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Personal info

Full name
CUNNINGHAM, Alvy Lester
Date of birth
28 July 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Escatawpa, Jackson County, Mississippi
Hometown
Escatawpa, Jackson County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
44047592
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 26 79

Immediate family

Members
Arden Cunningham (father)
Maggie V. (Miller) Cunningham (mother)
Leonard R. Cunningham (brother)

More information

Pvt Alvy L. Cunningham was a chauffeur, employed by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.

He enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 4 October 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the buttock and hip.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - merridancer