Kenneth R. Cuddeback, 75, died Sunday, March 19, 2000, in Mercy Iowa City
following heart surgery. Services: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Jones & Eden
Funeral Home, Washington, by the Rev. Jung Sook Kim. Burial: Elm Grove
Cemetery, with military rites. Friends may call after 9 a.m. Wednesday
at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m.
Survivors include his wife, Marion; two sons, Jim of Washington and
Larry of Brighton; a daughter, Janet Sharpe of Matlock, Wash.; a
stepsister, Eleanor Wolf of Washington; and two stepbrothers, Robert
Swift of Washington and Leon Swift of Racine, Wis.
Also surviving is a special person who lived with the Cuddebacks, Vicky
and husband Luis Guillen of Harlingen, Texas.
(The Gazette, Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA, 21 Mar 2000, Page 5 - courtesy
of Tedd Cocker) |
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Grave marker for the Cuddeback family and a close-up
of Kenneth Cuddeback's faceplate in the Elm Grove Cemetery,
Washington (Washington County), Iowa.
Kenneth enlisted on February 10 1944 at Camp Dodge, Herrold,
IA..
On July 16, 1943 the South Carolina,
Clemson University Student Military Service Records, listed him
as a trainee in the Second Company, Service Command Unit, 3413
ASTP, Clemson Agricultural University, SC.
After basic training Kenneth was
sent to Europe as a replacement. In England, Pvt Cuddeback
volunteered for parachutist training. He qualified as a
parachutist and was selected for additional training as a
communications specialist.
Kenneth completed the
communications school program and was assigned to the 508 th
Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) in Nottingham.
Special Order #115 issued by the Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 508th PIR
shows that Pfc Cuddeback was transferred into the company from
the 82nd Airborne on 23 July 44 as one of the replacements for
Normandy losses and in time for the Holland Campaign
Kenneth remained within the H1 1st Company for
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