Husband of Edithe K. Pratt who resided in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Arthur served as a Staff Sergeant on B-24H (#41-29326), 763rd Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group, Fifteenth Air Force, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Marion County, Indiana prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on December 26, 1942 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the building of aircraft and also as Married.
Arthur was "Killed In Action" over what was known as Yugoslovia during the war. He was decorated with an Air Medal and a Purple Heart.
Service # 35576262
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Airmen who perished on B-24H (#41-29326):
Bower, Herman L ~ S/Sgt, California
Outten, Clarence S ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Delaware
Potje, John R ~ 2nd Lt, New Jersey
Pratt, Arthur O ~ S/Sgt, Indiana
Sims, Jack B ~ T/Sgt, Georgia
Smith, Mark L ~ 2nd Lt, California
Swazey, George A, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, Maine
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Arthur served as a Staff Sergeant on B-24H (#41-29326), 763rd Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group, Fifteenth Air Force, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Marion County, Indiana prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on December 26, 1942 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the building of aircraft and also as Married.
Arthur was "Killed In Action" over what was known as Yugoslovia during the war. He was decorated with an Air Medal and a Purple Heart.
Service # 35576262
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Airmen who perished on B-24H (#41-29326):
Bower, Herman L ~ S/Sgt, California
Outten, Clarence S ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Delaware
Potje, John R ~ 2nd Lt, New Jersey
Pratt, Arthur O ~ S/Sgt, Indiana
Sims, Jack B ~ T/Sgt, Georgia
Smith, Mark L ~ 2nd Lt, California
Swazey, George A, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, Maine
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Husband of Edithe K. Pratt who resided in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Arthur served as a Staff Sergeant on B-24H (#41-29326), 763rd Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group, Fifteenth Air Force, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Marion County, Indiana prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on December 26, 1942 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the building of aircraft and also as Married.
Arthur was "Killed In Action" over what was known as Yugoslovia during the war. He was decorated with an Air Medal and a Purple Heart.
Service # 35576262
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Airmen who perished on B-24H (#41-29326):
Bower, Herman L ~ S/Sgt, California
Outten, Clarence S ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Delaware
Potje, John R ~ 2nd Lt, New Jersey
Pratt, Arthur O ~ S/Sgt, Indiana
Sims, Jack B ~ T/Sgt, Georgia
Smith, Mark L ~ 2nd Lt, California
Swazey, George A, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, Maine
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Arthur served as a Staff Sergeant on B-24H (#41-29326), 763rd Bomber Squadron, 460th Bomber Group, Fifteenth Air Force, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Marion County, Indiana prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on December 26, 1942 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the building of aircraft and also as Married.
Arthur was "Killed In Action" over what was known as Yugoslovia during the war. He was decorated with an Air Medal and a Purple Heart.
Service # 35576262
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Airmen who perished on B-24H (#41-29326):
Bower, Herman L ~ S/Sgt, California
Outten, Clarence S ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Delaware
Potje, John R ~ 2nd Lt, New Jersey
Pratt, Arthur O ~ S/Sgt, Indiana
Sims, Jack B ~ T/Sgt, Georgia
Smith, Mark L ~ 2nd Lt, California
Swazey, George A, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, Maine
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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1940 United States Federal Census
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1930 United States Federal Census
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
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