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CPL Frank Cummings

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CPL Frank Cummings Veteran

Birth
Death
13 Jun 1899
Fort George Meade, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 8, Site #0001
Memorial ID
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Frank Cummings served as a Corporal in Company F, 19th United States Infantry Regiment during the Spanish-American War.


Corporals Cummings and Bostle, of Company F, Nineteenth United States Regular Infantry, were killed Wednesday evening at Camp Meade by the accidental discharge of a Krag-Jorgenson rifle in the hands of Private Murphy, of Company B.

(From the GETTYSBURG COMPILER, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, June 20, 1899)

BURIAL NOTICE FOR CORPORAL FRANK CUMMINGS

The body of Frank Cummings, of Co. D, 19th Regulars, was one of the two young men who were killed in a shooting accident at Camp Meade on the 13th, was buried in the National Cemetery here last Tuesday.

(From the GETTYSBURG COMPILER, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, June 27, 1899)

Frank Cummings served as a Corporal in Company F, 19th United States Infantry Regiment during the Spanish-American War.


Corporals Cummings and Bostle, of Company F, Nineteenth United States Regular Infantry, were killed Wednesday evening at Camp Meade by the accidental discharge of a Krag-Jorgenson rifle in the hands of Private Murphy, of Company B.

(From the GETTYSBURG COMPILER, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, June 20, 1899)

BURIAL NOTICE FOR CORPORAL FRANK CUMMINGS

The body of Frank Cummings, of Co. D, 19th Regulars, was one of the two young men who were killed in a shooting accident at Camp Meade on the 13th, was buried in the National Cemetery here last Tuesday.

(From the GETTYSBURG COMPILER, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, June 27, 1899)

Inscription


FRANK CUMMINGS
CPL
CO F
19 REGT INF
SP AM WAR
JUNE 13, 1899

Gravesite Details

Section 8, Row 1, Position 36


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  • Created by: Karl Stelly
  • Added: Aug 23, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41029968/frank-cummings: accessed ), memorial page for CPL Frank Cummings (unknown–13 Jun 1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41029968, citing Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Karl Stelly (contributor 47103588).