Guy Prichard

Personal Information

Birthplace: Enterprise, KS

Service Information

Branch of Service: Army

Unit: 555th Ordinance - Heavy Maintenance Company

Theater of Operation: European

Enlisted / Commissioned: Nov 20, 1942

Discharged: Oct 28, 1945

Highest Rank: Tech 5

Military Honors: EAME Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal

Honored By: Evelyn Prichard, wife, and children Janell, Kevin, Lynn, Lenece

Biography

Prichard entered the Army at Fort Leavenworth, Ks. and was deployed to Europe where he engaged in the war at Rhineland, Ardennes, Northern France and Central Europe. Prichard said he basically took all the broken, busted, blown up parts, used what they could to make things work again. He was a machinist at Ehrsam’s before the war. He was discharged at Camp Bowie, Texas