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Personal info

Full name
HUNT, Wilford Clarence
Date of birth
2 January 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Hartford, Blackford County, Indiana
Hometown
Hartford, Blackford County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35897637
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Riedwihr – Rosenkranz – Houssen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 10 44

Immediate family

Members
Wilbur L. Hunt (father)
Ethel S. (West) Hunt (mother)
Genevieve Hunt (sister)
Esther J. Hunt (sister)
Nondis Hunt (half-sister)
Bettie E. Hunt (sister)

More information

Pfc Wilford C. Hunt was a farmhand.

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 28 October 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy