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PRUSE, Thomas John - Date of
birth
5 June 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Campbell, Mahoning County, Ohio -
Hometown
Campbell, Mahoning County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35841178 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
601st Tank Destroyer Battalion
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
25 January 1945 - Place of
death
Near Colmar, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Steve Pruse (father)
Mary Pruse (mother)
Mildred Pruse (sister)
Kathern Pruse (sister)
Victor Pruse (brother)
John Pruse (brother)
Mary Pruse (sister)
Stephena Pruse (sister)
More information
Pfc Thomas J. Pruse was employed at the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 1 June 1944.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Struthers, Ohio Military Men who Died at War / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com - Struthers Fallen Soldier Project, www.tankdestroyer.net
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Misty / StratasFan