page_title: James P. Hunter
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: James P. Hunter / Career
caption_attribution_description: 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.
context_page_description: James Patrick Hunter, of South Amherst, Ohio, was an Army journalist stationed in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Hunter was the first Army journalist to die in combat since the beginning of the War in Afghanistan.
context_section_description: Staff Sergeant Hunter spent seven years in the U.S. Army, beginning in August 2003. A veteran of two tours in Iraq, Hunter was on duty in Afghanistan at the time of his death and was killed 25 days into his current tour of deployment. 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. During his service to the United States, Hunter was recognized for his work with awards such as the Iraq Campaign Medal and the Army Commendation Medal, which are both from the Armed Forces.
  Hunter wrote for The Courier, which is a military base publication for Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He was a photographer and print reporter covering the War in Afghanistan at the time of his death.
  His fellow journalists, who had worked with him, reported about his dedication in reporting from the front lines during his deployments.
caption: 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.
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