Coleman Gunter was born on 1 July 1910
Died 16 October 1944
Buried Harris Memorial, Greeneville, TN
Private First Class
128th Infantry Regiment
Enlisted 13 March 1942 – Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
The Greeneville Sun, 26 December 1944
Pfc. Coleman Gunter was killed in action on November 16, on Leyte, according to a telegram received the past Saturday by his mother, Mrs. Looney Gunter Campbell. Pfc. Gunter was one of the first Greene Countians to volunteer in the service after war was declared. He had been overseas for more than two years. He is survived by his mother, one brother, Oakley Gunter and one sister, Mrs. Lillie Metcalf. He was in the infantry.
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 1 July 1910
- Date of death: 16 October 1944
- County: Greene
- Hometown: Greeneville
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 128th Infantry Regiment
- Theater: Pacific
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Harris Memorial, Greeneville, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar IX, Middle Panel
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