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|birth_date=13 June 1916
|birth_place=Pennsylvania
|arm_or_service=Coast Artillery Corps
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'''[[Pringle, William Ellsworth (0383831)|William Ellsworth Pringle]]''' (born 13 June 1916) was a Pittsburgh steel engineer and Army captain who supervised intelligence instruction at [[Camp Ritchie]] and later served in military government in occupied Germany.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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William Ellsworth Pringle was born on 13 June 1916 in Pennsylvania. He earned a B.S. in business administration from Duquesne University in 1939 and took metallurgy coursework at Pennsylvania State College in 1941. From 1939 to 1942 he worked as a production engineer for Jones & Laughlin Steel in Pittsburgh. He married Mary Louise Markle.
 
Pringle served from 27 April 1942 to 22 May 1946. As a first lieutenant he was intelligence officer of an antiaircraft automatic-weapons battalion and an aerial photo interpreter. He instructed in photointerpretation and became supervisor of intelligence instruction at the Military Intelligence Training Center, [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland ([[Class 16]] association on the roster). As a captain he served as economics officer in military government, coordinating steel-plant survey reports in the American occupation zone and representing metals industries on the German Standard-of-Living Board, Office of Military Government. He received the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal.


== Research notes ==
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Pringle_William_E_0383831_family_entry.jpg|Hout family genealogy entry for Capt. William Ellsworth Pringle (RB Archive)
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== Timeline ==
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* 13 June 1916 — Born in Pennsylvania.
* 1939 — B.S., Duquesne University; began Jones & Laughlin Steel work.
* 1941 — Metallurgy courses, Pennsylvania State College.
* 27 April 1942 — Entered WWII service.
* 22 May 1946 — Separated from service as captain.
* — Photointerpretation instructor / intelligence instruction supervisor, Camp Ritchie.
* — Economics officer, OMGUS / German Standard-of-Living Board.
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* [[:File:Pringle_William_E_0383831_family_entry.jpg|Hout family genealogy entry for Capt. William Ellsworth Pringle (RB Archive)]]
* RB Archive Hout family genealogy entry for Captain William Ellsworth Pringle
* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-12-21 (1 post)
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