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Personal info

Full name
HUNTER, Cecil Jackson
Date of birth
9 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Jenks, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Jenks, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38319261
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pounoy-la-Chétive and Sillegny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 5 31

Immediate family

Members
Edward Hunter (father)
Dewitt C. Jorden (stepfather)
Sadie D. (Watson) Hunter (mother)
Clarence Hunter (sister)
Kenneth Hunter (brother)
Raymond Hunter (brother)
Mildred Hunter (sister)
Norman Hunter (brother)
Geo Jorden (halfsister)

More information

Pfc. Cecil J. Hunter enlisted in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 13 October 1942.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

He was first buried in the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Michael Beach