JOHN H ARIZONA PRUITT MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL GRAVESTONE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Medal of Honor Grave Stones
Access: Cemetery
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I
Photograph By: DON MORFE
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
HE WAS A DOUBLE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT, ONE OF ONLY 19. HIS CITATION READS: CPL. PRUITT SINGLE-HANDED ATTACKED 2 MACHINEGUNS, CAPTURING THEM AND KILLING 2 OF THE ENEMY. HE THEN CAPTURED 40 PRISONERS IN A DUGOUT NEARBY. THIS GALLANT SOLDIER WAS KILLED SOON AFTERWARD BY SHELLFIRE WHILE HE WAS SNIPING AT THE ENEMY.
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