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HUNT, Arthur Bradlee Jr - Date of
birth
14 August 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois -
Hometown
Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-547379 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Platoon Commander -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
333rd Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
21 November 1944 - Place of
death
Near Geilenkirchen, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 6 | 18 |
Immediate family
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Members
Arthur B. Hunt Sr. (father)
Rose M. (Viguerie) Hunt (mother)
Dorothy Hung (sister)
More information
2nd Lt Arthur B. Hunt Jr. graduated from Ocean Springs High School in 1938 and attended Tulane University and the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Mart Janssen, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Bristow Familyn Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.archives.gov, http://thecitadelmemorialeurope.wordpress.com
Photo source: www.citadel.edu, Roger Long