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Personal info

Full name
PITTS, Carl Lee
Date of birth
21 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
South Carolina
Hometown
Laurens County, South Carolina
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
34513975
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Schevenhütte, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 2 38

Immediate family

Members
Henry L. Pitts (father)
Velma (Hopkins) Pitts (mother)
Arthur H. Pitts (brother)
Martha Pitts (sister)
Winnie F. Pitts (sister)
Janet Pitts (sister)
Betty Pitts (sister)
John Pitts (brother)
Neil Pitts (brother)
Charles Pitts (brother)
Wilbur Pitts (brother)

More information

Pfc Carl L. Pitts graduated from Hickory Tavern High School and was employed at the Ware Shoals Manufacturing Company

He enlisted at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina on 17 November 1942.

He was sent overseas in April 1943 and served in North Africa and Sicily before he participated in the landing on D-Day.

He is remembered at Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Ware Shoals, Laurens County, South Carolina.

His brother, Pfc Arthur H. Pitts is buried next to him.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.archives.gov, The Greenville News (Greenville, South Carolina)

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Greenville News (Greenville, South Carolina), Our Patriots of America