Paul Reger Bunner (1923 - 2000)

Born 23 Mar 1923 in Prairie Township, Henry, Indiana, United States

Died 26 Jan 2000 at age 76 in Springport, Prairie Township, Henry, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Paul was born in 1923, son of Robert Downs Bunner (1891–1969) and Flossie Myrtle Bunner (1890–1971)^[1]. At the age of 4 he lived with his parents and brother Robert 16 in ^[2] Prairie though the census shows him as 14. in 1940 he lived in Jefferson Township with his parents and younger brother Gilbert 9^[3].

Paul Bunner served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started: 29 Mar 1943
Unit(s): unknown
Service ended: 15 Oct 1943

He and Joyce were married prior to his enlisting in the Army^[4][5]

1. Sharron Ann (1944–)
2. Sandra Sue (1946–2010)

He passed away in 2000 at the age of 76^[6], interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Springport, Henry County, Indiana, USA^[7].

Mendenhall Person: I92078

Sources

1. ↑ Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1940 Certificate Number 13543, Roll number 006, Agency Indiana State Board of Health, Volume Range 26 - 30
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHMY-QLQ : accessed 1 February 2022), Paul Bunner in household of Robert Bunner, Prairie, Henry, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 6A, line 34, family 138, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 593; FHL microfilm 2,340,328.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1TC-SQH : 5 January 2021), Paul Bunner in household of Robert Bunner, Jefferson Township, Henry, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 33-27, sheet 6B, line 41, family 127, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1052.
4. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMK3-BKZ : 5 December 2014), Paul R Bunner, enlisted 29 Mar 1943, Ft Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
5. ↑ U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1CH-D3F : 9 January 2021), Paul R Bunner, 26 Jan 2000; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #53220414