Soldier Details

Division:

Army
, 
555th Ordinance - Heavy Maintenance Company

Highest Rank:

Tech 5

Theater of Operation:

European

Served:

Nov 20, 1942 - Oct 28, 1945

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