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Kern
Phillips
Pitts
POW (WWII)

Born:

, 

Tennessee

Kern Pitts graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1944. He retired as a U.S. Army Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Infantry)

    Action Date:

    1971 – 1973
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Infantry) Kern Phillips Pitts (ASN: 0-26718), United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Army AttachŽ, Pakistan, from 1971 to 1973.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Infantry)

    Action Date:

    1973 – 1974
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Infantry) Kern Phillips Pitts (ASN: 0-26718), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from 1973 to 1974.

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Germany)

    Action Date:

    December 21, 1944 – May 1945

    Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Kern Phillips Pitts (ASN: 0-26718), United States Army, was captured by German forces during fighting in Europe on or about 21 December 1944, and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in May 1944.