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Personal info

Full name
CUNNINGHAM, Paul J
Date of birth
17 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13011582
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 3 6

Immediate family

Members
Thomas J. Cunningham (father)
Julia A. (Spellman) Cunningham (mother)
Edward Persinger (stepfather)
Agnes A. Cunningham (sister)
Robert Cunningham (brother)
William F. Cunningham (brother)
James L. Cunningham (brother)
Franklin Persinger (half-brother)
Henry Persinger (half-brother)
Harold Persinger (half-brother)
Charles Persinger (half-brother)
Howard Persinger (half-brother)
Ralph Persinger (half-brother)
Pauline Persinger (half-sister)

More information

Pfc Paul J. Cunnigham joined the Regular Army in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 18 October 1940.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - The Pittsburgh Press Fe, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press