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Personal info

Full name
PRATT, John William
Date of birth
11 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cairo, Anson County, North Carolina
Hometown
Morven, Anson County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34894805
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Differten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 33 23

Immediate family

Members
Oliff C. Pratt (father)
Mary S. (Streater) Pratt (mother)
Leona E. Pratt (sister)
Chalmers B. Pratt (brother)
John O. Pratt (brother)
Billy I. Pratt (brother)
Campbell Pratt (brother)
Off Pratt (brother)

More information

Pfc. John W. Pratt enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina, on November 11 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com 

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