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Personal info

Full name
PRATT, Edwin Glenn
Date of birth
20 May 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota
Hometown
Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1301683
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Hoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 40 16

Immediate family

Members
Leslie W. Pratt (father)
Edith F. (Buckingham) Pratt (mother)
Vernon W. Pratt (brother)
Eleanor M. Pratt (sister)
George W. Pratt (brother)
Dorothy J. Pratt (sister)
Charles L. Pratt (brother)
Kenneth G. Pratt (brother)
Irma (Daum) Pratt (wife)

More information

1st Lt Edwin G. Pratt graduated from the University of South Dakota and was an accountant for the S.D. Leidesdorf Company before he enlisted at Camp Upton, New York on 25 March 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / D Pratt Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman, www.newspapers.com - Daily News - 1 March 1945, Argus Leader - 23 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy. www.ancestry.com - D Pratt, Argus Leader - 23 January 1945