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Personal info

Full name
PRIDGEN, Rufus Allen Sr
Date of birth
21 April 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Robeson County, North Carolina
Hometown
Portsmouth, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33545436
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 November 1944
Place of death
Hurtgen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 13 5

Immediate family

Members
James R. Pridgen (father)
Rossie Pridgen (mother)
Howard Pridgen (brother)
Nettie Pridgen (sister)
Gaston Pridgen (brother)
Jannie Pridgen (sister)
Welton Pridgen (brother)
Eleanor Pridgen (sister)
Lessie L. Pridgen (sister)
Jessie L. (Barnes) Pridgen (wife)
Joy Pridgen (daughter)
Rufus A. Pridgen Jr. (son)

More information

Rufus A. Pridgen Sr. enlisted on 15 December 1943 in Richmond, Virginia.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Phillips/Collins Family Tree,
Robesonian - 24 November 1944, Lumberton - 22 February 1954, 1920 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com