Pvt. Edward G. Hunt
Mil# 11063400
Enlisted: 2 March 1942, Providence, RI
-Company 643rd TD BN.
Transferred: 20th Armoured Division
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Born: 20 March 1919 Place: Providence,RI Died: 21 September 1983 Place: Providence, RI Buriel place: Highland Cemetery, Norwood, MA
Wife: Marion Hunt (Litchfield) Married: 20 July 1942 Children: Patricia, Susan, Edward, Kevin and David
Father: Patrick Hunt Mother: Elizabeth Hunt (Henson) Siblings: Winifred, Daniel and Estelle
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Info/Pictures received from; Renee Shields-Doyle Hi, Ben, Edward G. Hunt - my mother's sister's husband. Based on my aunt’s ancestry research, his service number matches the one in the records you have. There is a picture of him taken just before he would have shipped out to serve in WW2. It’s the only photo I have of him in uniform, sitting with his (future) wife, Marion, and her sister. I talked to his youngest son, but unfortunately he doesn't know much about his dad's service beyond that he was in the army and served in Europe. My Aunt's ancestry records say Ed was in the 20th Armored Division serving in France and Germany - do you know if the 643rd Tank Destroyer Battalion was in the 20th Armored? You are probably right about him being transferred before he shipped out. Regrettably Ed, like my own dad, didn't talk much about his time in the war, at least according to his youngest son. The older of his children who might have remembered any stories he might have shared have either passed away themselves or do not recall any details. So right now all I have is the entry from his wife into her notes, as follows: "After basic training at Camp Shelby [in the state of Mississippi], Edward went to radio school at Ft. Knox and then to officers training school at Ft. Knox." He left officer's training with the rank of Lieutenant, came home to marry his sweetheart, my mom's sister Marion, in July of 1942 before being shipped out some months later. I assume he was a candidate for officers' training school because he'd gotten his 4-year degree in education at Rhode Island College. That's all I have on his service years. You kind of made my day yesterday - I love solving these puzzles, and particularly learning about connections from people in my family to others in their history. I haven't done much on ancestry recently because of focus on other projects, but thanks to your reaching out, I could help you, learn something I didn't know about my uncle, AND give his son some info about his dad that he hadn't known before. I'm enjoying looking at the info on your website and will be sharing that with all his surviving kids!"
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