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James Andrew Rumgay
1947 - 2006 (59 years)-
Name James Andrew Rumgay Birth 27 Jul 1947 Clymer, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA 
Gender Male Burial 2006 Church of the Resurrection Cemetery, Clymer, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA Death 26 Nov 2006 Lansing, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA Person ID I37447 OrwinMillar Last Modified 23 Feb 2023
Father LaVerne Russell Rumgay, b. 10 Mar 1922, Clymer, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA d. 8 Nov 2012, Clymer, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 90 years)Mother Irene Theresa Gaul, b. 18 May 1924, Clymer, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA d. 9 Jan 2017, Clymer, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 92 years)Family ID F13936 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Living Children 1. Living Family ID F13941 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Feb 2023
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Notes - He completed basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C., advanced infantry training at Fort Dix, N. J., and then completed officer candidate school at Fort Benning, Ga., with the rank of second lieutenant. His first assignment was Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, where he was company executive officer. His next assignment was Seoul, South Korea, where he was a protocol officer and was promoted to first lieutenant for an excellent job before coming home to his next assignment in Fort Holabird, Md. There, he served as the S. adjutant officer and company commander of Headquarter Company. He was promoted at this time to captain.
His next station was Fort Benning, Ga., where he was an advanced course infantry officer. He then took an academic leave to complete a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1976.
He served as a Battalion S. intelligence officer at Fort Lewis, Wash., where he served under the command of Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf. His next assignment was Mannheim, Germany, where he was a customs officer with the military police and was promoted to major.
He returned to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. to attend the Command and General Staff College and also completed a master's degree in administration of justice at Wichita State. He then became an instructor at the Command and General Staff College and was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He remained at this position until his retirement on May 31, 1990.
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- He completed basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C., advanced infantry training at Fort Dix, N. J., and then completed officer candidate school at Fort Benning, Ga., with the rank of second lieutenant. His first assignment was Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, where he was company executive officer. His next assignment was Seoul, South Korea, where he was a protocol officer and was promoted to first lieutenant for an excellent job before coming home to his next assignment in Fort Holabird, Md. There, he served as the S. adjutant officer and company commander of Headquarter Company. He was promoted at this time to captain.