Wendell O. Pruitt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWendell O. Pruitt
United States Air Force officer
Date of Birth: 20-Jun-1920
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 15-Apr-1945
Profession: aircraft pilot
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Wendell O. Pruitt
- Wendell Oliver Pruitt (June 20, 1920 – April 15, 1945) was a pioneering African-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 William L.
- Igoe's was given to the notorious Pruitt–Igoe public housing complex in St.
- Louis.
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