Eldridge Vernon Pratt
Updated Jul 14, 2017
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Eldridge Vernon Pratt (1919 - 1978)

Eldridge Vernon Pratt was born on August 30, 1919. He died on July 25, 1978 at 58 years of age. He was buried in Barrancas National Cemetery Section 36 Site 2234, Pensacola, Fl. We know that Eldridge Vernon Pratt had been residing in FL.
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Barrancas National Cemetery
Section 36 Site 2234,
Naval Air Station, 1 Cemetery Road, Pensacola, Fl

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FL

Average Age

Eldridge Vernon Pratt lived 12 years shorter than the average Pratt family member when he died at the age of 58.

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Branch of service: Us Coast Guard
Rank attained: ATCS
Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea, Vietnam

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Vernon

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1919 - In the year that Eldridge Vernon Pratt was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.

1941 - He was 22 years old when on December 7th, the Japanese attacked the military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The surprise aerial attack damaged 8 U.S. battleships (6 later returned to service), including the USS Arizona, and destroyed 188 aircraft. 2,402 American citizens died and 1,178 wounded were wounded. On December 8th, the U.S. declared war on Japan and on December 11th, Germany and Italy (allies of Japan) declared war on the United States. World War II was in full swing.

1948 - When he was 29 years old, on May 14th, the State of Israel was proclaimed by David Ben-Gurion, who became Israel's first Premier, and the U.S. officially recognized Israel. That evening, Egypt launched an air assault on Israel.

1969 - He was 50 years old when in August, a previously planned small concert turned into a (free) more than 400,000 strong gathering of attendees and bands at Max Yasgur's farm in upstate New York - now called Woodstock. Just some of the 32 acts: Richie Havens, Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Joan Baez, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe, Santana, The Band, and Sly and the Family Stone.

1978 - In the year of Eldridge Vernon Pratt's passing, on July 25th, Louise Brown, the first "test-tube baby", was born at Oldham Hospital in London. Louise was conceived through IVF (in vitro fertilization), a controversial and experimental procedure at the time.

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Eldridge Vernon Pratt died on July 25, 1978 at 58 years of age. No cause of death has been listed for Eldridge. He was buried in Barrancas National Cemetery Section 36 Site 2234, Pensacola, Fl. He was born on August 30, 1919. There is no information about Eldridge's family. We know that Eldridge Vernon Pratt had been residing in FL.

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