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Personal info

Full name
CUSHING, Otis Owen
Date of birth
13 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Etowah County, Alabama
Hometown
Fairview, Etowah County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34700299
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
Near Ripplingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 96

Immediate family

Members
George T. Cushing (father)
Minnie J. Cushing (mother)
Lonnie E. Cushing (brother)
Annie E. Cushing (sister)
Lena E. Cushing (sister)
Dorothy S. Cushing (sister)

More information

Sgt Otis O. Cushing enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 12 January 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
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