George H. Pruitt Jr.

TECHNICIAN FOURTH CLASS GEORGE H. PRUITT JR. was born in Camden NJ around 1921 to George H. & Isabel Read Pruitt. In 1920 George Pruitt Sr. was a widower and working as a pressman at a cork factory in Camden He was renting a room from Isabel Read, also a widow, who was raising her 7 year-old nephew Ralph, at 1875 South 9^th Street. They married shortly after that, with daughter Martina and son George Pruitt Jr. coming soon afterwards. In 1930 the Pruitt family was still living at 1875 South 9^th Street, George Sr. was then working for a coal company.

George Pruitt was inducted into the United States Army early in the war, and assigned to the 43^rd Signal Construction Battalion, (Colored). The 43rd Signal Construction Battalion (Colored) was activated at Camp Crowder, Missouri on February 7, 1944.  George Pruitt Jr. went overseas with this unit.

George Pruitt died on June 10, 1945 of causes not related to combat. He is buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands. George Pruitt had been awarded the Soldier's Medal for heroism while serving in the United States Army. He was survived by his mother and sister, who by 1947 were living at 639 Van Hook Street in Camden NJ.