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| T/5 John Cuddy was with the 4th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10606447/john-l_-cuddy http://users.skynet.be/jeeper/page135.html |
John L. Cuddy, Jr. never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
He was born on May 9, 1919 in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. His parents John and Lola were both born in Delaware. His father was a painter who died of pneumonia before John was born. John had three older sisters and a twin sister. His widowed mother moved in with an uncle. She remarried before 1930 to a machinist. By 1940 John had completed two years of high school and was living at home while working as a mechanic. He got married (wife Kathrine) and had a son.
He was drafted into the army on June 5, 1941. He became a Tec 5 in Company A, 35th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division. The 4th AD landed on Utah Beach on July 11, 1944. It took part in Operation Cobra to break out of Normandy. By September it was across the Moselle River. In November it crossed the Saar River near Dieuze. When the Germans attacked through the Ardennes, the 4th ID was sent 150 miles north in 19 hours with a goal of relieving the town of Bastogne.
Sgt. Cuddy was slightly wounded in France but rejoined his company in time for the Battle of the Bulge. He made it through the worst of the fighting but was killed in action on January 15, 1945 when the 4th AD was in Luxembourg.
His grave is at St Partick Church Cemetery in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. I don't know what happened to his widow or son.
Last year on this date I profiled Dale Willoughby, 37th Infantry Division as well as future 60 Minutes reporter Mike Wallace. You can read about Dale here.
On behalf of the fallen, if you would like to see more people become aware of this project to honor the WW2 fallen, be sure to share with others on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Thanks for your interest!
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