Hunt, Jesse Beeson

Major, 64th Infantry, 7th Division

    Silver Star. General Orders No. 7, Headquarters 14th Infantry Brigade, A. E. F., France, June 7, 1919: The following officers and men are hereby cited by the Brigade Commander for gallantry in action as examples of valor and devotion to duty:........Major J. B. Hunt, 64th Infantry. For exceptional conduct in action before Mon Plaisir Ferme, France, November 10, 1918. He commanded the 2d Battalion, 64th Infantry, which made the attack on Mon Plaisir Ferme and personally directed the attacking company under exceedingly heavy artillery and machine gun fire with exceptional coolness and courage......Lutz Wahl, Brigadier General, Commanding.

    Record. Born July 11, 1891, Sullivan; son of Charles D. and Sarah (Widener) Hunt. Student, Indiana University. Graduate, U. S. Military Academy, West Point, June 12, 1915; graduate, Field Artillery School, Battery Officers' Course, 1921; graduate, Field Artillery School, Advanced Course, 1928; graduate, Command and General Staff School, 1930. Additional second lieutenant, Infantry, June 12, 1915; second lieutenant, September 21, 1915; first lieutenant, July 1, 1916; captain, May 15, 1917; major, Infantry, U. S. Army, September 8, 1918; transferred to Field Artillery, July 1, 1920; major, August 6, 1920 (recess appointment); major, October 24, 1920; captain, November 4, 1922; major, August 5, 1925. Assigned to 16the Infantry, El Paso, Texas, September 12, 1915 - March 15, 1916; punitive expedition into Mexico, to February 7, 1917; Fort Bliss, Texan, to June 1, 1917; instructor, First Officers' Training Camp, Leon Springs, Texas, to August 31, 1917; to 64th Infantry, El Paso, to July 1, 1918; to Camp MacArthur, Waco, Texas, to July 15, 1918; overseas August 7, 1918 -June 19, 1919. Battles: Puvenelle. Since July 1, 1920, assigned to 8th Field Artillery to December 31, 1920; to 10th Field Artillery, Camp Pike, Arkansas, July 1, 1921 - September 15, 1921; to 82 Field Artillery Battalion (Horse), For Blliss, Texas, to August 26, 1925; to 1st Field Artillery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to September 1, 1927. Since July 1, 1930, insturctor, 78the Division, Newark, New Jersey.

    Married Katharine Pfaff.                Sullivan.