Frank Hundley
Sergeant Frank “Bill” Hundley served with Service Company, 4th Marines.
He was killed in action at Corregidor on 6 May 1942.
Branch
Marine Corps Regular
Service Number 261642
Current Status
Remains not recovered.
Pursuit Category
The DPAA has not publicized this information
Capsule History
Pre-War Life
Birth
December 2, 1911
at Havre, MT
as Frank William Hundley
Parents
Frank Jesse Hundley
Edith Catherine (Holderbaum) Hundley
both died of pneumnonia, 1929
Education
Details unknown
Occupation & Employer
Truck driver
Service Life
Entered Service
October 6, 1937
at Seattle, WA
Home Of Record
Shambo, MT
Next Of Kin
Sister, Miss Leona Hundley
Military Specialty
Motor Transport
Primary Unit
Service Co. / 4th Marines
Campaigns Served
Philippine Islands / Corregidor
Individual Decorations
Purple Heart
Additional Service Details
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Loss And Burial
Circumstances Of Loss
Frank Hundley, a pre-war China Marin was stationed in the Philippines when the United States entered World War II. He was the NCO in charge of the repair shop that kept the 4th Marines vehicles in good order – but as the campaign for the Philippine Islands progressed, he had fewer and fewer machines to maintain. By late April, Hundley was probably manning a fighting position on Corregidor.
On the night of 5 May 1942, Japanese troops staged an amphibious assault on Corregidor itself. The garrison put up a determined defense, but were simply overwhelmed and finally capitulated at 1200 hours on 6 May. Casualties on both sides were heavy; among the dead was Sergeant Hundley. No specifics of his final moments are currently known.
Burial Information or Disposition
Memorials
Next Of Kin Address
Address of sister, Leona Hundley.
Location Of Loss
Hundley was last seen at an unspecified location on Corregidor.
Comment from Barbara Brandel Divinski
19 February 2013
I would like to know who posted this. Frank Hundley was my uncle, my mother was Leona Hundley mentioned in the post. I know a little bit more about him but would like more information, if possible.
Reply from Nancy Leathers
14 November 2014
I actually didn’t enter this information, but Frank Hundley also had a brother, Harry Hundley Middaugh (he was adopted by Ray and Amy (Hundley) Middaugh. Amy was a sister to Frank and Harry’s father Jesse S. Hundley. Harry grew up in Bottineau County, ND. My husband, whose maternal grandmother was Martha (Mattie) Hundley knew Ray, Amy and Harry very well, and I met Harry a number of times. I have been trying to follow up on the Hundley side of my late husband’s family, so I am interested in you, your mother’s family, and any other information you have on the Hundley’s.
Nancy Leathers
Reply on 14 November 2014
Please send me your email address. I will send you a longer reply with all the information I have about the Hundley family in Montana. My email is: barbdivinski@gmail.com