John Joseph Cummings

"Jack"

Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 924270

Born

August 16, 1925
in Brooklyn, NY

Parents

Robert James Cummings
Florence (Tonge) Cummings

School

Details unknown

Pre-War Employment

Details unknown

Entered Service

November 27, 1943
at New York, NY

Joined First Battalion

September 20, 1944
from 3rd Provisional Marine Detachment

Left First Battalion

February 20, 1945
Killed in action at Iwo Jima

Left Service

February 20, 1945
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

221 Maple Street, Brooklyn, NY – home of parents, Robert & Florence Cummings.
Jack’s older brother, PFC Joseph J. Cummings, died as a prisoner of war at Camp O’Donnell, Philippines on August 4, 1942.

Service & Campaigns

Before joining battalion

Boot camp at Parris Island; outposted to Camp Lejeune, NC, on 25 January 1944. Assigned to 57th Replacement Battalion on 1 April 1944 for transit to Pacific; joined Replacement Battalion, Transient Center, V Amphibious Corps. Duty with Third Provisional Marine Detachment at Camp Maui from May – September 1944.

Joined Able Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines on 20 September 1944.

Iwo Jima

Outfit: A/1/24
Rank: PFC
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
February 20, 1945 – killed in action (shrapnel, abdomen); circumstances not known.

Campaign Narrative