RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):
Cedar Hill, Dallas County, Texas
FULL NAME:
Edward H. Hunter
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):
38116101
- DATE OF BIRTH: Apr 2, 1921
- DATE OF DEATH: Oct 17, 2002
DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
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DATE OF ENLISTMENT:Jun 8, 1942
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PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:Dallas, Texas
ORGANIZATION:
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MAIN UNIT:9th Infantry Regiment
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SUBUNIT:Company M, 3rd Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
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RANK:Sergeant (Sgt.)
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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.
