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Personal info

Full name
CUMMINS, Joseph Michael Jr "Joe"
Date of birth
1911
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Fort McKenzie, Sheridan County, Wyoming
Hometown
Albany County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-019486
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Function
Battalion Commander
Unit
HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Sindorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 2 21

Immediate family

Members
Joseph M. Cummins (father)
Eileen (Davis) Cummins (mother)
Thomas D. Cummins (brother)
Eileen Cummins (sister)
Robert H. Cummins (brother)
Kathleen N. Cummins (sister)
Jane (Crea) Cummins (wife)
Michael Cummins (son)
Mary J. Cummins (daughter)

More information

Lt Col Joseph M. Cummings graduated from West Point Military Academy.

A German shell struck the command post of the 2nd Battalion, killing the battalion commander, Lt Col Joseph M. Cummins and two visiting officers, Col Anthony J. Touart, and Col George A. Smith.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in connection with military operations against the enemy.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Jack Solomon, and the United States Military Academy at West Point, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://ibiblio.org, www.findagrave.com - www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Jack Solomon, and the United States Military Academy at West Point