134th Infantry Regiment Website
"All Hell Can't Stop Us"
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134th Infantry Regiment Website"All Hell Can't Stop Us" |
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Hillard Vasco Hunley, son of
Alford Vasco and Vona Cleo (Longmire) Hunley, was born August 6, 1924 in Plant
City, Florida. He married Betty Joycie Gibbs on March 28, 1943. He registered
for the draft December 16, 1942 when he was an 18 year old student at Plant City
High School and was enlisted in the Army June 19, 1943 at Camp Blanding,
Florida. He joined Company E, 134th Infantry Regiment as a Rifleman from the
38th Replacement Battalion September 11, 1944 when the unit was at Frolois,
France. Pvt Hillard V Hunley was seriously wounded in action by a shell blast on
September 23, 1944 in the vicinity of Nancy, France and was transferred to the
60th Field Hospital. He died of his wounds the following day, September 24,
1944. He is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Plant City, Florida.
