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Home State
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Year of Birth 1894 |
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Hunt, Jason Solon, 1LT.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town Johnson |
Last Address Johnson, Lamoille, Vermont
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Casualty Date Aug 01, 1918 |
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Cause Hostile, Died |
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location France |
Conflict World War I |
Location of Interment American Cemetery - Aisne-Marne, France |
Wall/Plot Coordinates Tablets of the Missing |
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Last Known Activity Lt. Hunt attended the University of Vermont, and was commissioned as a 1st Lt. with the Vermont National guard following his service as a captain of the University battalion. He attended Harvard Law School for two years until he left to attend the 1st Officers Training Camp at Plattsburg Barracks, New York. He then attended flight training in Camp Borden, Toronto, Canada and Fort Worth, Texas. He was commissioned a 1st Lt. in the Signal Corps, Air Service in January 1918 and sent to France with his unit in February 1918.
He was engaged in aerial combat in France. He served with the 27th Aero Pursuit Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group, based at different aerodromes, but the Touquin Aerdrome and then the Saints Aerdrome at that time. On 1 August 1918, he was was one of three men shot down by German Fokkers in an aerial engagement while protecting aerial reconnaissance aircraft.
Location of his remains and their burial have not been determined.
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Comments/Citation
Vermont in the Great War, 1917-1919, Published 1928;
Chapter II, Vermont Casualties, Killed in Action or Died in Service;
Page 302
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