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HUNT, Orville J - Date of
birth
7 July 1920 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin -
Hometown
Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
16006889 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
10 September 1945 - Place of
death
East side of the Moselle River, opposite Dornot, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Frank B. Hunt (father)
Myrtle (Ruelle) Hunt (mother)
Maxime Hunt (sister)
Eugene K. Hunt (brother)
Mildred Hunt (sister)
William D. Hunt (brother)
Josephine L. (Englund) Hunt (wife)
More information
Orville J. Hunt worked in a grain mill.He joined the Regular Army in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 30 September 1940.
Pfc Hunt was wounded in action by shrapnel. It is thought that he was evacuated to the west side of the Moselle River but no report exists that would indicate this. A thorough search of the area occupied by G Company was made for Pfc Hunt but he could not be found.
Pfc Hunt was declared officially dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action. At that time the 11th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the fighting in the vicinity of the Dornot Bridgehead.
Source of information: Leo Minne, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / O’Brien Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, IDPF
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – fdhunt, www.findagrave.com – Michael V. Drachman, Kenosha News - 9 October 1944