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Personal info

Full name
PRIEUR, Felix Charles III
Date of birth
11 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Hometown
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
O2006387
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Tank Commander
Unit
C Company,
47th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 April 1945
Place of death
Lohr am Main, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 5 21

Immediate family

Members
Felix C. Prieur II (father)
Beatrice E. Prieur (mother)
William A. Prieur (brother)
Beatrice E. Prieur (sister)
Mary (Finton) Prieur (wife)

More information

Lt Prieur was killed by a sniper when he abandoned his tank after it was knocked out.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Arkansas County Marriages Index / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, http://14thad.org

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