PRUITT, JOHN HENRY - Medal of Honor Recipient
(Navy Medal)
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 4 October
1896, Fayettesville, Ark. Accredited to: Arizona. (Also received Army Medal
of Honor.) Citation: For extraordinary gallantry and intrepidity above
and beyond the call of duty while serving with the 78th Company, 6th Regiment,
2d Division, in action with the enemy at Blanc Mont Ridge, France, 3 October
1918. 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 the enemy.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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