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Maryland Department of State Police

End of Watch: 2/7/1936
Age: 30
Years of Service: 8
Cause of Death: Drowned
National Memorial Panel: 38-E: 12

Hunter was part of an expedition attempting to take 2,000 pounds of food supplies to Smith Island across Tangier Sound from Crisfield, Maryland, during a blizzard on the bay. He succumbed to the cold after falling through the ice.​