Private Kennie Cummings b. 27 Dec 1922 Richmond, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA d. 16 Jul 1950 South Korea: Smith Family Tree

Private Kennie Cummings

1922 - 1950 (27 years)

Name	Kennie Cummings [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Title	Private
Birth	27 Dec 1922	Richmond, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA [2, 3, 4, 5]
Gender	Male
Military Award	Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal [3, 4]
		Military Medal-Bronze Star The Bronze Star Medal is the fourth-highest individual military award and the ninth-highest by order of precedence in the US Military. It may be awarded for acts of heroism, acts of merit, or meritorious service in a combat zone. When awarded for acts of heroism, the medal is awarded with the "V" device. …
		Military Medal-Purple Heart The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given…
FSID	L24C-RL6
Military Service	18 Sep 1940	West Virginia, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9]
	US Army - WWII and Korean War; 19th Infantry Regiment, 10th Engineers, 24th Division; Missing in Action in Korea
Death	16 Jul 1950	South Korea [3, 4, 5, 9]
	Cause: Killed in Action - Korean War
	Killed in Combat
Burial	Richwood Cemetery, Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia, USA [3, 4]
		Burial-CUMMINGS Kennie Kennie Cummings
Person ID	I30058	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Family Leona Blanche Vaughan, b. 18 Mar 1925, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 14 Mar 2003, Tennessee, USA (Age 77 years)

Marriage 4 Jul 1946 Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA [6, 10]

Children

1. David Anthony Cummings, b. 14 May 1948, Tennessee, USA

d. 25 Dec 2013, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA

(Age 65 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F13440 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 27 Dec 1922 - Richmond, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA
	Military Service - US Army - WWII and Korean War; 19th Infantry Regiment, 10th Engineers, 24th Division; Missing in Action in Korea - 18 Sep 1940 - West Virginia, USA
	Marriage - 4 Jul 1946 - Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA

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Arms Icons & Insignia » Slide Show		Military Grave Marker - Korean War Killed in Action: American Service in the Korean War
		Military Medal-Bronze Star The Bronze Star Medal is the fourth-highest individual military award and the ninth-highest by order of precedence in the US Military. It may be awarded for acts of heroism, acts of merit, or meritorious service in a combat zone. When awarded for acts of heroism, the medal is awarded with the "V" device. …
		Military Medal-Purple Heart The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given…

Burials

Burial-CUMMINGS Kennie
Kennie Cummings

News		News (Killed in Action)-CUMMINGS Kennie (Korea) CUMMINGS BODY WILL BE RETURNED FROM KOREA • The Leaf-Chronicle • Clarksville, Tennessee • 08 Jun 1951, Fri • Page 1
News		News (Killed in Action)-CUMMINGS Kenny (MIA) PVT CUMMINGS MISSING IN ACTION SINCE JULY 16 • The Leaf-Chronicle • Clarksville, Tennessee • 30 Aug 1950, Wed • Page 1

Sources

[S1557] Ancestry.com, U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;), American Battle Monuments Commission; Arlington, VA; Cemetery Records.
[S3493] Ancestry.com, U.S., Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2005;).
[S10478] Find a Grave (Killed in Action - Korean War), CUMMINGS Kennie -PVT US Army - 1922-1950 (Veteran) (KILLED IN ACTION).
BIRTH: 27 Dec 1922 West Virginia
DEATH: 16 Jul 1950 (aged 27) South Korea
BURIAL: Richwood Cemetery, Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia
MEMORIAL ID: 20168278

"WV Sgt 10 Eng W W II Korea BSM"

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20168278/kennie-cummings

Burial-CUMMINGS Kennie
Kennie Cummings

[S87] Ancestry.com, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2012;), National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC ; Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General.

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970
National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General

[S8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;).
[S9270] Newspapers.com: Marriage of Leona and Kennie Cummings • Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle - 15 Jul 1946, Leona Blanche Vaughan and Cpl Kennie Cummings - The Leaf-Chronicle; Publication Date: 15/ Jul/ 1946; Publication Place: Clarksville, Tennessee.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/353369077/?article=ea3b2a19-b70b-447b-97f5-6c275898a145&focus=0.2496591,0.02980906,0.36813042,0.27999896&xid=3398
[S3492] Newspapers.com: Missing in Action: CUMMINGS Kenny • Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle - Aug 1950 - Page 1, (Name: The Leaf-Chronicle; Location: Clarksville, Tennessee; Date: 30 Aug 1950;), PVT CUMMINGS MISSING IN ACTION SINCE JULY 16.
Pvt Kenny Cummings, 28, is reported missing in action in Korea, since July 16.
His wife, Mrs Leona VVaughn Cummings, Clarksville, said that she received a telegram from the War Department August 23.
Pvt Cummings is a native of Richwood, West Virgina; he attended the Richwood High School.
Cummings has served in the army for about 7 years. He was assigned to the 24 division. Pvt Cummings was sent to Japan August 26, 1949.
He has a wife, Mrs Leona Vaughan Cummings, Clarksvllle; one son, David Cummings, 26 months old; one sister; and four brothers. His father-in-law, Alonzo Vaughan, is employed at the Piggly Wiggly store on 2nd street.
• The Leaf-Chronicle • Clarksville, Tennessee • 30 Aug 1950, Wed • Page 1
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115162218/the-leaf-chronicle/?xid=637

News (Killed in Action)-CUMMINGS Kenny (MIA)
PVT CUMMINGS MISSING IN ACTION SINCE JULY 16 • The Leaf-Chronicle • Clarksville, Tennessee • 30 Aug 1950, Wed • Page 1
[S3494] Newspapers.com: Killed in Action: CUMMINGS Kennie PVT,USA • The Leaf-Chronicle - Jun 1951 - Page 1, (Name: The Leaf-Chronicle; Location: Clarksville, Tennessee; Date: 8 Jun 1951;), CUMMINGS BODY WILL BE RETURNED FROM KOREA.
Mrs Leona Vaughan Cummings received a telegram last night informing her that the body of her husband Pvt Kennie Cummings, Korean casualty, will arrive at Rlchwood, WV at 4:45 Tuesday, June 12. It will be shipped from Jersey City, NJ with a military escort by train. Pvt Cummings was killed in action July 16, 1950, shortly after he went to the Korean war from Japan. Before going to Japan he was stationed at Fort Campbell KY, and served as military escort to bodies of soldiers returned to the states.
Mrs Cummings, with her three-year-old son, David and her father, A B Vaughan plan to leave Saturday on the 12:35 train for Dayton, Ohio to join families of her brothers-in-law to go with them to Rlchwood where Pvt Cummings parents, Mr and Mrs David Cummlngs live.
The funernl for Pvt Cummings is set for Thursday at Simmons Funeral Home where the body wil be taken.
• The Leaf-Chronicle • Clarksville, Tennessee • 08 Jun 1951, Fri • Page 1
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115163878/the-leaf-chronicle/?xid=637

News (Killed in Action)-CUMMINGS Kennie (Korea)
CUMMINGS BODY WILL BE RETURNED FROM KOREA • The Leaf-Chronicle • Clarksville, Tennessee • 08 Jun 1951, Fri • Page 1
[S5267] Fold3 - Killed in Action: Kennie Cummings 1922-1950 (MIA), PVT (Private) Kennie Cummings; 19th Infantry Regiment, 10th Engineers, 24th Division . Missing in Action in Korea; Kiled in Action.
American Battle Monuments Commission
https://www.fold3.com/record/530021886/kennie-cummings-american-battle-monuments-commission?xid=1945
[S6469] Find a Grave: VAUGHN Leona Wood 1925-2003, Leona Blanche Vaughn Cummings Wood.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155544090/leona_blanche_wood

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