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West Virginia Veterans Database Record Detail
Item Details: Record Id: 4297
War: WWII
Name: Eli Otha Cunningham
Sex: M
Race: W
County: Preston
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Branch of Service: Army
Rank: Pvt
Service Number: 35751345
Date of Death: 1944/09/23
Place of Death: Lorraine, France
Cause of Death: KIA
Place of Burial: Lorraine American Cemetery, France
Unit: 137th Inf 35th Div
Date of Birth: 1923/03/29
Place of Birth: Clarksburg, Harrison County

Father:

 Andrew William Cunningham
Mother: Alice May Layfield Cunningham
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Date Added to Memorial:  Original
Source: WV Vet Mem Application; American Battle Monuments Commission website - 2002; Preston County Journal 1944/10/19; 1930 census; WWII enlistment record; WWII veterans interred overseas; birth record
Notes: Purple Heart; Buried at: Plot D Row 4 Grave 26, Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France
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