Alexander Hunsucker, son of David A. and Matilda E. Hunsucker of Catawba, North Carolina, was born at that place on the 22d of August, 1889. Little is known of his early life or at what date he first came to Nevada, but at the time of the war, he was living in Rochester in what was then a part of Humboldt County, and was well and favorably known there and in Lovelock. He was a member of Aquila Lodge No. 22, Knights of Pythias, in the latter town. He entered the Army on September 18th, 1917, from Rochester, going to Camp Lewis, Washington. There he was assigned to Company D, 347th Machine Gun Battalion, of the “Wild West” 91st Division. His unit went over-seas in the summer of 1918. When the Meuse-Argonne offensive commenced on the 26th of September, the 91st Division entered the fight south of the Bois de Cheppy. They made a deep advance the first day, and on the 27th were near Epinonville.

They took that town and Eclisfontaine, and on the 29th swept into Gesnes. From the latter position, however, they were withdrawn to a shorter line, which they held until the 4th of October. Just one day before the 32d Division relieved them, Alex Hunsucker fell on the battlefield (October 3d, 1918). He was buried in the Bois de Cierges just south of the place where he so nobly gave his life. His relatives all reside at Catawba, North Carolina. Besides his parents, there are three brothers, Gus, Guy, and John, and six sisters, Minnie, Hattie, Maude, Jennie, Helen and Anna. Many words of praise have been written of the “excellent soldier” who was “always most willing and cheerful in performance of duty,” by his company commander and by Pershing County boys who served with him in the army. His friends describe him as a man who served whole-heartedly in the cause of his country.