MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Pruitt, John William, Jr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Pruitt ​

• FORENAME

John William, Jr ​

• UNIT

3 Bn (Orange Combat Team) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

14138944 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

22nd May 1944 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia Section K Site 4043-A ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia​

formerly of 306 B Street, Silvertown, Thomaston, Georgia​

born 6.7.1922 Social Circle, Muscogee County, Georgia​

son of John W. Pruitt,1064 Dozier Street, Columbus, Georgia and late Helen (nee Stewart) Pruitt​

3 years high school until 1940 (R.E. Lee Institute)​

unskilled worker in manufacture of textiles (local cotton mill) in civilian life​

employed by Martha Mill, Thomaston, Georgia​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

30.06.1942 draft card Thomaston, Georgia​

enlisted 19.9.1942 Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia​

KIA Myitkyina, Burma ​

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