Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, September 14, 1915, Attended the Sante Fe, New Mexico, High School for three years
Enrolled in the University of California, Davis, January 1937 Two-Year Curriculum
Completed three semesters in residence
Military Service
MILITARY HISTORY
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Military Training
Enlisted in the Army of the United States as Private, 7 April 1941 and entered on active duty same date.
Apr to Jul 41; assigned to Veterinary Detachment & 11 A 11 Troop, 11th Cavalry, Imperial, California.
Promoted to Private First Class, 1 March 1942.
Jul to Oct 42; Medical Detachment & Hq Company, 2d Battalion, 11th Armored Regiment, Ft. Benning, Georgia.
Appointed Aviation Cadet, 11 October 1942.
Oct 1942 to Jan 1943; AAF Classification Center & 884th Preflight School, San Antonio, Texas.
Jan to Mar 1943; 309th AAF Flying Training Detachment (PRIMARY), Sikeston, Missouri.
Mar to May 1943; Aviation Cadet Detachment (BASIC), Enid Army Flying School, Enid, Oklahoma.
May to Jul 1943; AAF Advanced Fly Sch, Frederick, Oklahoma.
Graduated from the Aviation Cadet Training Program (PILOT), 28 July 1943 and honorably discharged.
COMMISSIONED Second Lieutenant, AUS, 29 July 1943; accepted and entered on active duty same date.
Active Service Assignments
Aug to Nov 1943; Student, Pilot Training Group, AAF, Fort Worth, Texas.
Nov to Nov 1943; Pilot, 402d Bomb Sq, 39th Bomb Gp, AAB, Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona.
Nov to Dec 1943; Pilot, 4th Bomb Sq, 34th Bomb Gp, AAB, Blythe, California.
Dec 1943 to Mar 1944; Pilot, 306th Base Hq & AB Sq, AAB Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas.
Mar to May 1944; Pilot, 858th Bomb Sq, 492d Bomb Gp. Alamogordo, New Mexico & European Theater of Operations.
In Service 3 years, 1 month, and 13 days.
Lieutenant Pratt was killed in action on 19 May 1944, near Linsburg, Germany.
Decorations and Awards
PURPLE HEART (Posthumous).
GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL.
EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL with one Bronze Service Star for participation in the Air Offensive Europe Campaign.
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL.
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.
AVIATION BADGE ‘Pilot’.