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TSgt John H Cummings Veteran

Birth: 23 May 1916
Lassen County, California, USA
Death: 17 Nov 1944 (aged 28)
Leyte, Leyte Province, Eastern Visayas, Philippines
Burial: Manila American Cemetery and Memorial

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Plot: Plot L, Row 2, Grave 135
Memorial ID: 56755028 View Source

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Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army

184th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division

Service #: 20908570

Awards: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Entered the service from California.

John Cummings cited twice for heroism "beyond the call of duty" died in Leyte of a tropical disease. Chico Record, Chico, California. 28 Oct 1945, Sun • Page 5

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Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army

184th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division

Service #: 20908570

Awards: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Entered the service from California.

John Cummings cited twice for heroism "beyond the call of duty" died in Leyte of a tropical disease. Chico Record, Chico, California. 28 Oct 1945, Sun • Page 5

Contributor: Rooty (47411830)

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Henry Cummings

1892–1946
Ella L. Lucas Cummings

1891–1994

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Henry Jewell Cummings

1922–2014
Charlie Lee Cummings

1923–2013
Alice Julia Cummings Mallory

1924–2002
Nellie Blye Cummings

1929–1946

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Maintained by: Paul Bartley
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John Cummings, in his first year of College, prior to joining the army. Photo from the collection of Scott Brooke, and used with permission. Mr. Brooke has compiled a history of the “Men of Company G” – those who joined the army together, and served throughout the Pacific.

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John H. Cummings
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army
184th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division
Entered the Service From: California
Service #: 20908570
Date of Death: November 17, 1944
Buried: Plot L, Row 2, Grave 135
Awards: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

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John Cummings in Company G just after joining. Photo was taken at Camp San Luis Obispo in the summer of 1939. Photo from the collection of Scott Brooke, and used with permission. Mr. Brooke has compiled a history of the “Men of Company G” – those who joined the army together, and served throughout the Pacific.

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John Cummings left, and Chester Culver, taken at Temporary Camps when the Division was stationed near Schofield Barracks in Hawaii late 1943, and March through September of 1944. Photo from the collection of Scott Brooke, and used with permission. Mr. Brooke has compiled a history of the “Men of Company G” – those who joined the army together, and served throughout the Pacific.

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Photo was taken on February 2nd (D+1) of 1944 on Kwajalein. Glenn Brooke is in the center holding the flag, the taller man to his left holding the wine bottle was John H. Cummings. John was Best Man at Glenn’s wedding. John died a little over 10 months [after date of photo] of what was thought to be a Tropical Disease on the island of Leyte in the Philippines. Both Glenn and John were members of Chico California's "Company G" - and served throughout the Pacific together.

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The last picture taken of John (Sgt. Cummings) late 1944, in Hawaii just before their departure in mid September, and the landing on Leyte in the Philippines. Photo from the collection of Scott Brooke, and used with permission. Mr. Brooke has compiled a history of the “Men of Company G” – those who joined the army together, and served throughout the Pacific.

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John H Cummings
Chico Senior High School, Chico, Butte County, California.
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T/Sgt John Cummings awarded Purple Heart, source: Chico Enterprise (Chico, CA) Wed, 31 January 1945, pg 4

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John H Cummings, Company G, 184th Infantry (Rifle), National Guard of the United States. Chico, California, March 8, 1941.

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