RANGERS Pitts, Arthur Hopking

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Pitts ​

• FORENAME

Arthur Hopking​

• UNIT

5 Ranger Bn (Company C) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

34649162 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st March 1945 ​

• AGE

21​

• GRAVESITE

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium Plot G Row 2 Grave 37 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Laurens County, South Carolina​

born 14.04.1923, Laurens, South Carolina, USA​

father Henry Lee Pitts (1899-1984)​

mother Velma (nee Hopkins) Pitts (1899-1970)​

brother PFC Carl L. Pitts KIA 17.11.1944 (also buried Henri Chapelle Plot U, Row 9, Grave 175) awarded BSM​

4 years high school​

graduated Hickory Tavern High School​

single with dependents upon enlistment​

employed by Ware Shoals Mfg.​

30.06.1942 draft card Laurens, South Carolina​

19.03.1943 entered service Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina​

Next of kin - Mr. Henry L. Pitts, Route #1, Ware Shoals, South Carolina​

KIA Irsch-Zerf campaign, Germany ​

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