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Personal info

Full name
HUNT, Claude Everett "Bud"
Date of birth
15 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Earle, Crittenden County, Arkansas
Hometown
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38676099
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lemberg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 41 17

Immediate family

Members
Claude E. Hunt (father)
Eva M. (Colston) Hunt (mother)
Claude D. Hunt (brother)
Juanita K. Hunt (sister)
William E. Hunt (brother)
Robert S. Hunt (brother)
Marshall W. Hunt (half-brother)
Leona R. (Bowen) Hunt (wife)
Claude E. Hunt (son)
Benjamin W. Hunt (son)

More information

Pvt Claude E. Hunt was married to Leona Rhee Bowen on 4 February 1939.

He enlisted at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 28 April 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com, - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Missouri, Jackson County Marriage Records, 1840-1985

 Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - Hodges_Bill