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Personal info

Full name
HUNTER, Dudley Watkins Jr
Date of birth
13 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Montgomery County, Kentucky
Hometown
Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
O-517381
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
24 September 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Dudley W. Hunter Sr. (father)
Elizabeth (Judy) Hunter (mother)

More information

2nd Lt Dudley W. Hunter was declared deceased on 22 September 1945. In September 1944, when he was declared MIA, the 10th Infantry Regiment was to be found in the vicinity of Pournoy-la-Chétive, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Kentucky Birth Index, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Michael V. Drachman