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Polar Bear Roster

Soldier Summary

Robert M. Pratt

Military History

Rank: Corporal

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

Medals Awarded
  • Cross of St. George
  • Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.)
  • Croix de Guerre
Events
EventDatePlaceDetails
ResidenceAshton, MI
Residence1927Detroit, MI
Residence[1]Detroit, MI
DSC awarded[1]10/17/1918Enitsa, Russia
Wounded and shell shocked 3/31/1919Verst 18
sent to England5/15/1919
Sources

•Hugh D. McPhail papers, 1918-1957[View online]

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

•"M" Company 339th infantry in North Russia

•The Polar Bear, vol. 3, no. 1 (Feb. 1927).

•Joel Roscoe Moore papers, 1917-1929, 1940, and 1949-1952