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RUMSEY, Judson Harmon "Gentile Jud" - Date of
birth
1 May 1911 -
Age
33 - Place of
birth
Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri -
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39578043 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
30 March 1945 - Place of
death
Bad Orb, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 10 | 13 |
Immediate family
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Members
Bert H. Rumsey (father)
Lillie M. (Russell) Rumsey (mother)
Marie Rumsey (sister)
Mable Rumsey (sister)
Maude L. Rumsey (sister)
Engeline M. (Coon) Rumsey (wife)
Richard Rumsey (son)
Rosalie L. Rumsey (daughter)
More information
Pvt Judson H. Rumsey was a foreman in a drug supply firm in Long Beach.He enlisted at Fort McArthur, California in December 1943.
He was taken prisoner on 19 December 1944 in the vicinity of Schönberg-St. Vith, Belgium and died in Stalag IX-B.
A comrade, Lester Bowen, remembered what happened during the tragic days after they were taken prisoner. They were marched, crowded into boxcars and with very little food and water for four days travel and marched into the POW camp on Christmas day.
Judson Rumsey had an extra severe case of stomach trouble and was taken to the hospital ward. In his already weakened condition his body could take no more. For fays his comrade and five others took care of him. After he had died, they carried him to a lovely place set aside for a cemetery. A deeply sincere service was held at his grave and all of his friends were there.
He is remembered at the Geneva Cemetery in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / WWII Prisoners of War, http://www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Jensen Seggerman, Nebraska Signal - 14 June 1945