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Personal info

Full name
CUNNINGHAM, Ferrell S
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Putnam County, West Virginia
Hometown
Pocatalico, Putnam County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
15014768
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 28 40

Immediate family

Members
Otto Cunningham (father)
Iva P. Cunningham (mother)
Husey Cunningham (brother)
Eugene Cunningham (brother)
Francis Cunningham (brother)
Russel Cunningham (brother)
Charles Cunningham (brother)
Vina Cunningham (sister)

More information

T/5 Ferrell S. Cunningham was a miner before he joined the Regular Army in Columbus, Ohio on 2 November 1940.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. James, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / West Virginia Birth Index, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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