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Ellsworth Cummings
1945
Ellsworth M. Cummings Jr..
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
What Happened
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.
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.
Service Record
Also Served
United States Army Military Police Corps
Private First Class
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