Kennie Cummings

1922 - 1950  (27 years)

• Name	Kennie Cummings  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	27 Dec 1922	Richmond, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Military Award	Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal  [3, 4]
  		Medal-Bronze Star
  		Medal-Purple Heart
  FSID	L24C-RL6
  _MILT	18 Sep 1940	West Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8]
  	US Army - WWII and Korean War; 19th Infantry Regiment, 10th Engineers, 24th Division; Missing in Action in Korea
  Death	16 Jul 1950	South Korea   [3, 4, 5]
  	Cause: Killed in Action in Korean War
  	Killed in Combat
  Burial	Richwood Cemetery, Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I30503	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family	Leona B Vaughan,   b. 18 Mar 1925, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 14 Mar 2003, Tennessee, USA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	4 Jul 1946	Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA   [6]
  Children	1. David Anthony Cummings,   b. 14 May 1948, Tennessee, USA d. 25 Dec 2013, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 65 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F14551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Dec 1922 - Richmond, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA _MILT - US Army - WWII and Korean War; 19th Infantry Regiment, 10th Engineers, 24th Division; Missing in Action in Korea - 18 Sep 1940 - West Virginia, USA Marriage - 4 Jul 1946 - Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms and Icons		Medal-Bronze Star
  		Medal-Purple Heart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1497] Ancestry.com, U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), American Battle Monuments Commission; Arlington, VA; Cemetery Records. [S3650] Ancestry.com, U.S., Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). [S9] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S31] Ancestry.com, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 [S6] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). [S3] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2020;), The Leaf-Chronicle; Publication Date: 15/ Jul/ 1946; Publication Place: Clarksville, Tennessee, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/353369077/?article=ea3b2a19-b70b-447b-97f5-6c275898a145&focus=0.2496591,0.02980906,0.36813042,0.27999896&xid=3398. [S3649] Kenny Cummings Missing in Action - The Leaf-Chronicle - 30 Aug 1950 - Page 1, (Name: The Leaf-Chronicle; Location: Clarksville, Tennessee; Date: 30 Aug 1950;), PVT CUMMINGS MISSING IN ACTION SINCE JULY 16. Pvt Kenny Cummings, 28, is reported missing in action in Korea, since July 16. His wife, Mrs Leona VVaughn Cummings, Clarksville, said that she received a telegram from the War Department August 23. Pvt Cummings is a native of Richwood, West Virgina; he attended the Richwood High School. Cummings has served in the army for about 7 years. He was assigned to the 24 division. Pvt Cummings was sent to Japan August 26, 1949. He has a wife, Mrs Leona Vaughan Cummings, Clarksvllle; one son, David Cummings, 26 months old; one sister; and four brothers. His father-in-law, Alonzo Vaughan, is employed at the Piggly Wiggly store on 2nd street. • The Leaf-Chronicle • Clarksville, Tennessee • 30 Aug 1950, Wed • Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115162218/the-leaf-chronicle/?xid=637 Missing in Action - CUMMINGS Kenny [S3646] Kennie Cummings Killed in Action - The Leaf-Chronicle - 8 Jun 1951 - Page 1, (Name: The Leaf-Chronicle; Location: Clarksville, Tennessee; Date: 8 Jun 1951;), CUMMINGS BODY WILL BE RETURNED FROM KOREA. Mrs Leona Vaughan Cummings received a telegram last night informing her that the body of her husband Pvt Kennie Cummings, Korean casualty, will arrive at Rlchwood, WV at 4:45 Tuesday, June 12. It will be shipped from Jersey City, NJ with a military escort by train. Pvt Cummings was killed in action July 16, 1950, shortly after he went to the Korean war from Japan. Before going to Japan he was stationed at Fort Campbell KY, and served as military escort to bodies of soldiers returned to the states. Mrs Cummings, with her three-year-old son, David and her father, A B Vaughan plan to leave Saturday on the 12:35 train for Dayton, Ohio to join families of her brothers-in-law to go with them to Rlchwood where Pvt Cummings parents, Mr and Mrs David Cummlngs live. The funernl for Pvt Cummings is set for Thursday at Simmons Funeral Home where the body wil be taken. • The Leaf-Chronicle • Clarksville, Tennessee • 08 Jun 1951, Fri • Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115163878/the-leaf-chronicle/?xid=637 Killed in Action - CUMMINGS Kennie