2LT. Scanland, Albert
Service number: O-526983
Age: 24
Born: 27-28 May 1920, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Family:
Thomas Seay Pritchett (father)
Lillian (nee Duke) Pritchard/Scanland (mother)
Granville Elmer Scanland (step father)
Thomas Seay (Pritchett) Scanland (brother)
Lillian Margaret Pritchett Scandland/Hughey (sister)
Rank: 2ND Lieutenant
Function: Armored Infantry Unit Commander
Battalion: 38th Armored Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: A
Date of death: September 22, 1944
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Sillegny, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Spot: Not available
Awards:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot C, Row 21, Grave 15
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Date of enlistment: July 1942,
Other information:
After the death of his father, his mother married Granville Scanland. Albert and his siblings were raised by their step father and took his last name.
The following is taken from the 7th Armored Division archives
Albert Scanland first served as a private in the U.S. Army Reserve from July 1942 to April 1943. He was assigned to the Officers Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia. In September 1943 he was honorably discharged with the rank of corporal to accepted a commission as second lieutenant. He was sent overseas on 7 June 1944, arrived in England on 14 June and landed in Normandy, France on 11 August 1944.
Service number: O-526983
Age: 24
Born: 27-28 May 1920, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Family:
Thomas Seay Pritchett (father)
Lillian (nee Duke) Pritchard/Scanland (mother)
Granville Elmer Scanland (step father)
Thomas Seay (Pritchett) Scanland (brother)
Lillian Margaret Pritchett Scandland/Hughey (sister)
Rank: 2ND Lieutenant
Function: Armored Infantry Unit Commander
Battalion: 38th Armored Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: A
Date of death: September 22, 1944
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Sillegny, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Spot: Not available
Awards:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot C, Row 21, Grave 15
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Date of enlistment: July 1942,
Other information:
After the death of his father, his mother married Granville Scanland. Albert and his siblings were raised by their step father and took his last name.
The following is taken from the 7th Armored Division archives
Albert Scanland first served as a private in the U.S. Army Reserve from July 1942 to April 1943. He was assigned to the Officers Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia. In September 1943 he was honorably discharged with the rank of corporal to accepted a commission as second lieutenant. He was sent overseas on 7 June 1944, arrived in England on 14 June and landed in Normandy, France on 11 August 1944.
2LT. Scanland, Albert
Service number: O-526983
Age: 24
Born: 27-28 May 1920, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Family:
Thomas Seay Pritchett (father)
Lillian (nee Duke) Pritchard/Scanland (mother)
Granville Elmer Scanland (step father)
Thomas Seay (Pritchett) Scanland (brother)
Lillian Margaret Pritchett Scandland/Hughey (sister)
Rank: 2ND Lieutenant
Function: Armored Infantry Unit Commander
Battalion: 38th Armored Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: A
Date of death: September 22, 1944
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Sillegny, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Spot: Not available
Awards:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot C, Row 21, Grave 15
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Date of enlistment: July 1942,
Other information:
After the death of his father, his mother married Granville Scanland. Albert and his siblings were raised by their step father and took his last name.
The following is taken from the 7th Armored Division archives
Albert Scanland first served as a private in the U.S. Army Reserve from July 1942 to April 1943. He was assigned to the Officers Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia. In September 1943 he was honorably discharged with the rank of corporal to accepted a commission as second lieutenant. He was sent overseas on 7 June 1944, arrived in England on 14 June and landed in Normandy, France on 11 August 1944.
Service number: O-526983
Age: 24
Born: 27-28 May 1920, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Family:
Thomas Seay Pritchett (father)
Lillian (nee Duke) Pritchard/Scanland (mother)
Granville Elmer Scanland (step father)
Thomas Seay (Pritchett) Scanland (brother)
Lillian Margaret Pritchett Scandland/Hughey (sister)
Rank: 2ND Lieutenant
Function: Armored Infantry Unit Commander
Battalion: 38th Armored Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: A
Date of death: September 22, 1944
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Sillegny, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Spot: Not available
Awards:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot C, Row 21, Grave 15
Cemetery:
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Date of enlistment: July 1942,
Other information:
After the death of his father, his mother married Granville Scanland. Albert and his siblings were raised by their step father and took his last name.
The following is taken from the 7th Armored Division archives
Albert Scanland first served as a private in the U.S. Army Reserve from July 1942 to April 1943. He was assigned to the Officers Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia. In September 1943 he was honorably discharged with the rank of corporal to accepted a commission as second lieutenant. He was sent overseas on 7 June 1944, arrived in England on 14 June and landed in Normandy, France on 11 August 1944.
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