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Personal info

Full name
CUNNINGHAM, John Edward
Date of birth
3 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Mannington, Marion County, West Virginia
Hometown
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35290260
Rank
Master Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Near Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 16 12

Immediate family

Members
Charles R. Cunningham (father)
Carrie (Humphrey) Cunningham (mother)
Paul R. Cunningham (brother)
Charles D. Cunninham (brother)
Daniel D. Cunningham (brother)
Robert Cunningham (brother)
Nellie Cunningham (sister)
Mary Cunningham (sister)
Mary M. (McElroy) Cunningham (wife)
Frances Cunningham (daughter)

Plane data

Serial number
unknown
Data
unknown

More information

John E. Cunningham was a salesman.

He enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 19 March 1942.

M/Sgt Anderson was one of four passengers in a CG-4A glider with serialnumber 45-6158.

The glider was last seen when it broke formation. What exaclty happened is unknown.

The two crew members were killed. Also two passengers were killed, two men survived.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Family Trees / West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 / U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records 1938-1946 / 1940 census / West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970 / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, West Virginia Memory Project, Fairmont Times-West Virginian

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, A. Poeth-Jongen