Name:
William Edward Pritchett
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
34552760
Unit:
333rd Field Artillery Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-12-17
State:
Alabama
Cemetery:
McCastar Cemetery, Wilcox, Alabama
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Born March 3, 1922. In the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion, massacred by the SS in Wereth, Belgium on December 17th, 1944.
From Find a grave:
William was from Alabama, ranked Private in the U.S. Army's all-black 333rd Field Artillery Battalion, serving in Liege, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge (a.k.a. the Ardennes Offensive) towards the end of WWII.
Also commemorated here Wereth 11 Memorial Site