Gordon Clark Pryne, was born in Elmira, New York on 8th January 1925 as son of Claude and Dorothy C. Pryne. He moved with his family to California three years later. Pryne enlisted in US Army on 29 March 1943 in Los Angeles, California. He parachuted into France on D-Day, 6th June 1944. In July he was one of several men awarded the DSC by Gen. Omar Bradley for their actions on D-Day. Gordon Pryne and Pvt. Marcus Helm destroyed three German tanks with their bazooka and helped to hold a vital bridge near Ste. Mere-Eglise. Later Gordon Pryne took part in Market Garden in Holland. He was wounded there when a building collapsed on him and was sent back to England for medical treatment and later returned to his unit. Following he was directed into Belgium and took part in the Battle of the Bulge. He returned to the US on 19th March 1945 aboard the Queen Elizabeth.
After his return Gordon Pryne worked for many years for LA Water and Power. His first wife Barbara died in 1974. He remarried and his second wife Mary died in 1999. Gordon Pryne had two daughters, he himself died on 10th February 2006.
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