FULL NAME:

Edward H. Hunter

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

38116101

  • DATE OF BIRTH: Apr 2, 1921
  • DATE OF DEATH: Oct 17, 2002
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Cedar Hill, Dallas County, Texas

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Jun 8, 1942
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Dallas, Texas
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    9th Infantry Regiment
  • SUBUNIT:
    Company M, 3rd Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Sergeant (Sgt.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Squad Leader
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944), ✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945), ✭ Central Europe Campaign (22 March – 11 May 1945)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Purple Heart, 🎖Good Conduct Medal, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖Honorable Service Lapel Button, 🎖Combat Infantry Badge

SUMMARY OF HIS SERVICE:

My father was quiet, gentle, funny, hard working and above all loved and served God all his life. He was the second oldest in his family and had 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Growing up in a share cropping farming family in Cedar Hill, Texas (a few miles south of Dallas) was a tough life. After the war he married Helen (they were married for 56 years) and had 5 sons. Ed, as he was most commonly known, worked in the automotive industry most of his life rebuilding auto parts.

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Wounded In Action (WIA)
  • DATE:
    Aug 12, 1944
  • LOCATION:
    Normandy, France
  • NOTES:
    While getting a drink from a well the Germans began to fire mortar shells. Dad caught shell fragments in his ankle and back. He was not badly injured but was out of combat for a few weeks.
HONORED BY:

Neal Hunter, Son

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File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

Brief Scope: This series contains records of approximately nine million men and women who enlisted in the United States Army, including the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.

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