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Godfrey Hunter, Jr.
First Name:
Godfrey
Middle Name:
Earl
Last Name:
Hunter, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Listed on the 1946 YMCA Honor Roll for Mecklenburg County.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 10-3-1943
Personal Details
Education Details:
Gray High School, Winston-Salem graduate
Biographical Notes:
Troop 34 of the Goodwill Industries' Boy Scouts of America and completed the frank of First Class Scout
Family Details:
Mr. & Mrs. Godfrey Earl Hunter - Winston-Salem, NC
5 unnamed siblings, Manning Hunter - U. S. Marine Corp
Mrs. Dan Sherrill of Cheraw, SC - grandparent, Mrs. Herbert Thomason, Charlotte - aunt, Mrs. W. B. Hunter of Laurinburg, NC - grandparent
Military Details
Military Branch:
Marines
Military Rank:
Private First Class
Military Unit:
2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division
KIA Date:
10/9/1942
MIA Date:
NA
KIA / MIA Place:
Guadalcanal
Military Details:
Guadalcanal
Awards:
awarded Private First Class papers aboard ship - 4/2/1942, Citation for Bravery, Purple Heart
Source:
Newsprint