MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Hunter, Charles Newton

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hunter ​

• FORENAME

Charles Newton​

• UNIT

HQ Detachment (Executive Officer) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel + Colonel​

• NUMBER

0-17710 ​

• AWARD

Silver Star,Bronze Star,Purple Heart​

• PLACE

Burma 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Oneida,New York​

born 11.1.1906 Oneida,New York​

graduated USMA,West Point 1929​

i/c combat training course,Infantry School,Fort Benning,Georgia 1943​

Merrill's Marauders​

WIA 18.5.1944 near Myitkyina,Burma​

postwar​

Deputy Chief of Staff,4th Army​

C.O. Fort Sam Houston,Texas​

retired as Colonel 1959 to Cheyenne,Wyoming​

married Don Mae Wolfer (1909-70) (3 daughters Anne,Sue and Sara)​

married Ann Guy Forsyth (1918-2012)​

died 14.6.1978 Cheyenne,Wyoming​

Frances E. Warren Air Base Cemetery,Cheyenne,Laramie County,Wyoming​

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