Pridgen, Joseph Davis, 1894-1980.

Joseph Davis Pridgen, Jr. was a native of Durham, NC. Prior to his enlistment, Pridgen worked as a teller at First National Bank in downtown Durham. In the service, Pridgen was a supply sergeant with Company M, 120th U.S. Infantry, 30th Division during World War I. Along with soldiers from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, Pridgen trained at Camp Sevier outside of Greenville, South Carolina from August 1917 until his Division's embarkation to France in May 1918. After the war Pridgen owned and operated an automobile dealership in Durham.

From the guide to the Joseph Davis Pridgen Papers, 1917-1984 (bulk 1917-1919), (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)

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