World War II Honoree

Donn W. Cummings

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Jamestown, North Dakota

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: PRIVATE. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY FEBRUARY 15, 1943 AT FORT SNELLING, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO THE U.S. ARMY, FOX COMPANY, 507TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 82ND AIRBORNE ‘ALL AMERICAN’ DIVISION. HE WAS A PARATROOPER WHO JUMPED INTO FRANCE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944, OPERATION OVERLORD, THE INVASION OF GERMANY’S FORTRESS EUROPE. HE WAS KILLED ON THE DAY OF THE INVASION AND HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO MINNESOTA FOR BURIAL, WITH INTERMENT IN THE FORT SNELLING NATIONAL CEMETERY, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.