James P. Hunter

James Patrick Hunter (January 22, 1985 – June 18, 2010),[1] of South Amherst, Ohio, was an Army journalist stationed in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

[1] He had been a member of Headquarters Company, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) out of Fort Campbell since May 2007.

[9] The 23 other journalists who were killed in Afghanistan since 2001 were civilians who covered various topics ranging from human rights violations to politics.

[10] Staff Sergeant James Patrick Hunter was born in Lexington, Kentucky, to Patricia M. Phillips and William T.

[11] Memorial services were held for Staff Sergeant James Hunter at Firelands High School in South Amherst,[11] where he graduated in 2003.

The photograph and short biography of Army Staff Sgt. James Hunter displays near the Journalists Memorial at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Hunter was among 77 fallen journalists honored at the 2011 rededication of the memorial, May 16, 2011.