WWII · Battle Death Record
Ernest W. Prussman
Private First Class, U.S. Army · Massachusetts
Medal of Honor
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Ernest W. Prussman
- Entered the Service From
- Massachusetts
- Rank
- Private First Class
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 13th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- September 8, 1944
- Awards
- Medal of Honor
- Burial / Memorial
- Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, France
Their story
Led his squad through hedgerow country near Les Coates, France, knocking out enemy positions; mortally wounded, he threw a last grenade before he died. Awarded the Medal of Honor.
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