Frank Edward Pratt
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 936733
April 27, 1924
in Crystal Falls, TX
Sam Jones Pratt (d. 1929)
Rose Ella (Summers) Pratt
later Mrs. Rose Strange
Ysleta High School
Mescalero Indian Cattle Grower’s Association (Mescalero, NM)
January 24, 1944
at El Paso, TX
July 26, 1944
from Casual Co., 2nd Marine Division
August 2, 1944
Killed in action at Tinian
August 2, 1944
Killed in action
Route 37, El Paso, TX – home of mother, Mrs. Rose Strange
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at MCRD San Diego with Fifth Recruit Battalion. Outposted to Infantry Battalion, TC Camp Elliott.
To 50th Replacement Battalion; transferred to Headquarters, Replacement Battalion, Transient Center VAC.
To Casual Company, Second Marine Division, 17 July 1944. Temporarily attached to First Battalion, 24th Marines, 26 July 1944.
Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Important Events:
August 2, 1944 – killed in action (gunshot, back); exact circumstances unknown
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Tinian (August 2, 1944)
Citation
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