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Personal info

Full name
HUNT, Earl Rodney Jr
Date of birth
10 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Norfolk County, Virginia
Hometown
Fox Hall, Norfolk County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
13121050
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
63rd Engineer Combat Battalion,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sarreguemines, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 46 24

Immediate family

Members
Earl R. Hunt (father)
Alice V. (Huskey) Hunt (mother)
Betty R. Hunt (sister)

More information

T/5 Earl R. Hunt Jr. attended college for one year before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Farmville, Virginia on 20 November 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He is also remembered at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - SWF
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Jaap Vermeer / SWF