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Personal info

Full name
HUNTER, George
Date of birth
8 September 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36326826
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Son-Veghel, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 7 31

Immediate family

Members
William Hunter (father)
Mary J. (Robertson) Hunter (mother)
William Hunter (brother)
Gertrude Hunter (sister)
Oliver R. Hunter (brother)
Ruth (Hansen) Hunter (wife)

More information

S/Sgt George Hunter enlisted in Camp Grant, Illinois on 25 March 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Maureen Brady (niece), www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Orville L. Kline, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/327/327 honor hj.html, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.familysearch.org - Maureen Brady