In memory of

Ellsworth M. Cummings Jr.

1945

Killed that day
October 1, 1945, aged 23

Their life

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.

Survived by

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

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