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Personal info

Full name
BUNCH, Henry Hill
Date of birth
25 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Johnston County, North Carolina
Hometown
Wendell, Johnston County, North Carolina
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
34854346
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
A Troop
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 February 1945
Place of death
Wincheringen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 12 1

Immediate family

Members
Luther V. Bunch (father)
Lanie (Phillips) Bunch (mother)
Thomas E. Bunch (brother)
Laine E. Bunch (sister)
Marie Bunch (sister)
Lucille Bunch (sister)
Lucy L. Bunch (sister)
Betty Bunch (sister)
Carl Bunch (brother)
Luther V. Bunch Jr. (brother)

More information

Pfc Henry H. Bunch worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 23 November 1943. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the stomach.

He is remembered at the Clyde’s Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery in Archers Lodge, Johnston County, North Carolina.

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 / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com – The News and Observer 31 January 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com – The News and Observer 31 January 1945/19 April 1945