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Personal info

Full name
HUNT, Carl Weston
Date of birth
5 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35313342
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
80th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized),
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bourscheid, Ecsh–sur-Sûre, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 53

Immediate family

Members
Carrol W. Hunt (father)
Elizabeth J. (Deuser) Hunt (mother)
Harold W. Hunt (brother)
Marion E. Hunt (sister)

More information

T/5 Carl W. Hunt attended was a painter, employed by Douglas Jackson before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 9 July 1942.

His brother Harold is also buried at Luxembourg Cemetery.

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, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, the Chronocle-Telegram 23 January 1945