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Personal info

Full name
PITTS, Arthur Hopkins
Date of birth
14 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
South Carlina
Hometown
Laurens County, South Carolina
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
34649162
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
5th Ranger Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Irsch-Zerf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 2 37

Immediate family

Members
Henry L. Pitts (father)
Velma (Hopkins) Pitts (mother)
Carl L. 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 Arthur H. Pitts graduated from Hickory Tavern High School.

He enlisted at Fort Jackson, Columbia on 19 March 1943.

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

His brother, Pfc Carl L. Pitts, is buried next to him

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.rangerroster.org, www.newspapers.com - The Greenville News

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Greenville News