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Peter M. Cummins, Jr. never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
He was born on November 5, 1918 in New Jersey. His parents Peter and Louise were born in New Jersey and Connecticut, respectively. His father worked as a shipyard foreman and later as a garage mechanic. By 1940 he had found work as a clerk. Peter had a younger brother and sister. By 1940 Peter had completed three years of college and was working as a salesman while living at home with his parents. He married Frances Snook. They had one daughter born in 1944 who died on the day she was born.
He enlisted in the army on December 12, 1940. He became a captain in the 44th Infantry Division where he held a counter-intelligence position. The 44th ID fought under the 7th Army, beginning in the Voges Mountains in the fall of 1944. The Division crossed the Main River by mid-April 1945, as it advanced east through Central Germany. Shortly thereafter Captain Cummins was captured by the enemy. He was shot and killed while a prisoner of war on April 18, 1945 near Heidelberg, Germany.
His grave is at Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington, New Jersey. His widow remarried and died in 2002.
Last year on this date I profiled B-24 pilot Robert Rogers. You can read about Robert here.
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