Grover Samuel HUNT

     Grover Samuel HUNT, son of Jesse Samuel HUNT and Barbara Cornelia ESCO, was born on 16 January 1919 in Autauga County, Alabama.¹

Grover was registered for the draft during World War II on 16 October 1940 while living in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama. He was 21 years old and a farmer. It listed his father Jesse Samuel Hunt as his contact person. He was discribed as a white male, 6 ft. 1 inch tall, 155 lbs., with gray eyes, black hair and a ruddy complexion. His residence was at 13 Clanton Park in Montgomery.² He died on 2 April 1945 in Hollandia, Papua New Guinea, at age 26. Sgt. Hunt was killed in a vehicle accident. He had served 34 months in the South Pacific with the 104th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion. He had just returned to his company after a 30 day leave at home. Surviving in addition to his father are his widow, the former Margaret McGlamry, of Deatsville and Montgomery; three brothers, J. E. and A. E., Montgomery; Pvt. Alfred R. Hunt, Fort McClellan, and one sister, Miss Jeffie Hunt, Prattville.³ He was buried in Pine Level Cemetery, Autauga County.