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Soldier Summary

Jay B. Pitts

Military History

Rank: Private

Unit: United States. Army. Infantry, 339th. Company G.

Serial Number: 2981795

Medals Awarded
  • Silver Star Citation[1]
Events
EventDatePlaceDetails
ResidenceKalamazoo, MI
Silver Star Citation for action[1]12/4/1918Karpogory (Russia)
BurialWhite Chapel Cemetery (Troy, Mich.)
Killed in action12/4/1918
Returned to the U.S.1929
Died12/4/1918
Sources

[1]Military Times Hall of Valor

•The history of the American expedition fighting the Bolsheviki; campaigning in north Russia 1918-1919