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  1. Wendell Oliver Pruitt (June 20, 1920 – April 15, 1945) was an American military pilot and Tuskegee Airman originally from St. Louis, Missouri. He was killed during a training exercise in 1945. After his death, his name, along with that of William L. Igoe, was given to the Pruitt–Igoe public housing complex in St. Louis.

  2. Dec 1, 2019 · St. Louis, Missouri native Wendell Oliver Pruitt, a pioneering pilot of the 15th Air Force, was born to Elijah and Melanie Pruitt on June 20, 1920. Pruitt graduated from Sumner High School, briefly attended Stowe Teachers College (now Harris-Stowe State University), and later transferred to the historically black Lincoln University in Jefferson ...

  3. Aug 7, 2019 · Class 42-K-SE Graduation Date: December 13, 1942. Unit: 302nd Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group. Service # O-794600. St. Louis, Missouri native Wendell Oliver Pruitt, a pioneering pilot of the 15th Air Force, was born to Elijah and Melanie Pruitt on June 20, 1920.

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  5. Capt Wendell Oliver Pruitt. Captain, United States Army Air Force World War Two fighter pilot, member of the Tuskegee airman, was the youngest of ten children born to Elijah and Melanie Pruitt in St. Louis, Missouri attending local schools.

  6. The Wendell O. Pruitt Homes and William Igoe Apartments, known together as Pruitt–Igoe ( / ˈpruːɪt ˈaɪɡoʊ / ), were joint urban housing projects first occupied in 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The complex of 33 eleven-story high rises was designed in the modernist architectural style by Minoru Yamasaki.

    • 57 acres (23 ha)
    • Demolished
    • 33
  7. CPT Wendell Oliver Pruitt ID: 2978. Biography. Awards, Medals, Badges. Photos. Remembrances. Tributes. Military Hall of Honor, a virtual Military Hall of Honor. Remembrances and tributes to all those who have honorably served in the US Armed Forces.

  8. Dec 19, 2009 · The Pruitt -Igoe Housing Project was located in the predominantly African American and economically depressed Desoto-Carr neighborhood just north-west of downtown St Louis, Missouri. By 1956, the project totaled 33 high-rise buildings that consisted of the Wendell Oliver Pruitt Homes (1,736 units) and the William L. Igoe Apartments (1,134 units).

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