James Andrew Rumgay

1947 - 2006  (59 years)

• Name	James Andrew Rumgay
  Born	27 Jul 1947	Clymer, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	15 Mar 1969
  	US Army
  Military Discharge	31 May 1990
  	US Army
  Story	James Andrew Rumgay
  	From Finad A Grave Memorial ID 83007866 He graduated from Penns Manor Area High School in 1965 and then completed an electronics training program at Penn Technical Institute in Pittsburgh. He was then hired by IBM and worked for that company in Endicott, N. Y. until he was drafted into the U. S. Army in 1968. 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. After retirement, Jim worked for Northrup Grumman, which is a military defense contractor
  Residence	1994-1995	Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
  Residence	1998-2002	606 Pine Ridge Court, Lansing, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
  Residence	1993-2006
  _UID	2637483702534FA38697B77DB7A09F1680EA
  Buried	2006	Church of the Resurrection Cemetery, Clymer, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
  Died	26 Nov 2006	Lansing, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
  Person ID	I37447	My Big Tree
  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

  
  

  Family	Judith Ann Popovich
  Children	1. James Andrew Rumgay
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2023
  Family ID	F13941	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones		James Andrew Rumgay 26 Nov 2006
  		James Andrew Rumgay 26 Nov 2006

  
  

• 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. From Find-A-Grave