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Private First Class

Ellsworth M. Cummings Jr.

United States Army Military Police Corps — Fort Leonard Wood, MO

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch October 1, 1945

Age 23

Tour of Duty 9 mo

The Vigil Panel 81 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 64

Incident

Location: Indiana Incident Date: Saturday, September 29, 1945

Private First Class Ellsworth Cummings succumbed to injuries sustained two days earlier while pulling a bus over for a traffic violation inside Camp Atterbury near Edinburgh, Indiana.

As he was attempting to overtake the bus, he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed, suffering a serious head injury. He was taken to Wakeman General Hospital at Camp Atterbury, where he succumbed to his injuries two days later.

Private First Class Cummings was a United States Army Purple Heart combat veteran and was attached to the 1560th Military Police Battalion out of Camp Atterbury.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents, two sisters, and fiancee.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Private First Class Cummings served with the United States Army Military Police Corps.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department United States Army Military Police Corps

Type Federal Agency

Location Fort Leonard Wood, MO

Platform Identity usampcmp.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 1, 1945

Tour of Duty 9 mo

Age 23

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Ellsworth M. Cummings Jr. served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Private First Class Ellsworth M. Cummings Jr. is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 29.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At United States Army Military Police Corps, 39 of 65 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.

United States Army Military Police Corps

of 65 officers

60% Accident

MO — Statewide

237

of 813 officers

29.2% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident