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1Lt John Alden Pruis

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1Lt John Alden Pruis Veteran

Birth
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
9 Apr 1945 (aged 21)
Waldkatzenbach, Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Burial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France GPS-Latitude: 49.1231464, Longitude: 6.7159101
Plot
Plot D Row 14 Grave 37
Memorial ID
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Assigned to 654th BS, 25th BG, 8th AF. Shot down in de Havilland Mosquito NS792, by Free French Airforce P-51 Mustang on a 'Graypea' (chaff drop) mission to Germany 9-Apr-45. Killed in Action (KIA)
Assigned to 654th BS, 25th BG, 8th AF. Shot down in de Havilland Mosquito NS792, by Free French Airforce P-51 Mustang on a 'Graypea' (chaff drop) mission to Germany 9-Apr-45. Killed in Action (KIA)

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from New York.



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  • Maintained by: Albert Ledoux
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56659730/john_alden-pruis: accessed ), memorial page for 1Lt John Alden Pruis (30 Sep 1923–9 Apr 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56659730, citing Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France; Maintained by Albert Ledoux (contributor 46511171).