Name:
Ernest Vance, Jr. Bunn
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
17598
Unit:
22nd Marine Regiment, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade
Date of Death:
1944-07-23
State:
North Carolina
Cemetery:
Sunset Garden Memorial Cemetery, Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina, USA
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Ernest Vance Bunn Jr. was born on July 30, 1920, in Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina. He was the son of Ernest Vance Bunn and Virginia May Williams Bunn.
He served in Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade
as a First Lieutenant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 23, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.