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Personal info

Full name
PRIDEMORE, Allen H
Date of birth
24 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Kyles Ford, Hancock County, Tennessee
Hometown
Hancock County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34889545
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
6 May 1945
Place of death
Near Fernstein, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 28 34

Immediate family

Members
William P. Pridemore (father)
Harriet V. (Davis) Pridemore (mother)
Mary E. Pridemore (sister)
Myrtle Pridemore (sister)
Agnes Pridemore (sister)
Alonzo L. Pridemore (brother)
Tyler M. Pridemore (brother)
Alfred F. Pridemore (brother)
Grace B. Pridemore (sister)
Julia E. Pridemore (sister)
Larkin J. Pridemore (brother)

More information

Pfc Allen H. Pridemore worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 20 November 1943.

He died of wounds, caused by artillery shell fragments and skull fracture with brain damage.

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 Hospital Admission Card Files / Melissa Lawson Family Tree, www.findagrave.com

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