John R. Prout was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Prout of 1009 Corruna Ave in Owosso, Michigan.  He had three sisters (Mrs. Ted Austin, Mrs. Spencer Roberts, Mrs. Thomas Thompson) and a brother (Oscar).  He went to school in Corruna and graduated from high school in 1941.  He was married to Gladys Prout, and he had a son who was 14 months old at the time of his father’s death.  John was employed by a gun factory in Saginaw before he entered the service in 1943.  He shipped to Europe on 30 March 1944, and became an aerial gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber.  He died while on a mission over Austria on 29 May 1944. He was 21 years old.

Information provided by Wim Jacobs