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'''William E. Pringle''' (~~1916–1995~~) was a United States ~~Army First Lieutenant~~ who trained at [[Camp Ritchie~~]], Maryland,~~ in ~~[[Class~~ 16]].

'''William E. Pringle''' (1916–1995) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States; Protestant) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 16.

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William Ellsworth Pringle was a Ritchie Boy. William was born June 13, 1916 in Pennsylvania. He graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh in 1939. He took courses in Metallurgy at Pennsylvania State College in 1941. He was employed with Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, studying customers' requirements, conducted time studies and improved operations practices, and was Production Engineer from 1939 to 1942. He served in World War II, from April 27, 1942, to May 22, 1946 as intelligence Staff Officer, with the rank of First Lieutenant. He was the Intelligence Officer of an Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons battalion, and later an Aerial Photo Interpreter. He instructed in photo interpretation and became supervisor of instruction in intelligence at the Military Intelligence Training Center, Camp Ritchie, Maryland as a Captain. He was Economics Officer in Military Government and coordinated reports of surveys made of steel plants in the American Occupation zone in Germany. Later, he served as metals industries representative on the German Standard-of-Living Board, Office of Military Government. Captain William Ellsworth Pringle was awarded the European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, and the WWII Victory Medal. William passed away on Feb 17, 1995.

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== Technical record ==

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* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN 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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-'''William E. Pringle''' (1916&ndash;1995) was a United States Army First Lieutenant who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 16]].
+'''William E. Pringle''' (1916–1995) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States; Protestant) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 16.
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 == Biography ==
-''Add a biography, family details, and sources. Click Edit to change this page; no account is required.''
+William Ellsworth Pringle was a Ritchie Boy. William was born June 13, 1916 in Pennsylvania. He graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh in 1939. He took courses in Metallurgy at Pennsylvania State College in 1941. He was employed with Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, studying customers' requirements, conducted time studies and improved operations practices, and was Production Engineer from 1939 to 1942. He served in World War II, from April 27, 1942, to May 22, 1946 as intelligence Staff Officer, with the rank of First Lieutenant. He was the Intelligence Officer of an Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons battalion, and later an Aerial Photo Interpreter. He instructed in photo interpretation and became supervisor of instruction in intelligence at the Military Intelligence Training Center, Camp Ritchie, Maryland as a Captain. He was Economics Officer in Military Government and coordinated reports of surveys made of steel plants in the American Occupation zone in Germany. Later, he served as metals industries representative on the German Standard-of-Living Board, Office of Military Government. Captain William Ellsworth Pringle was awarded the European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, and the WWII Victory Medal. William passed away on Feb 17, 1995.
 == Research notes ==
 ''No notes were in the source row. Add what you know.''
-== Gallery ==
-''After you are autoconfirmed, [[Special:Upload|upload a photo]] and add <code><nowiki>[[File:Example.jpg|thumb|caption]]</nowiki></code> here, or set <code>|photo=Example.jpg</code> in the infobox.''
 == Technical record ==
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 * NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN 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)