Master Sgt. Pruitt Remembered, to be Buried at Arlington

Master Sgt. Scott Pruitt and fiancee Trisha Lane

GAUTIER -- Gautier native and former resident Scott E. Pruitt will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery this weekend, a week after he was killed in Afghanistan, according to news reports.

Fallen Marine Scott Pruitt of Gautier Remembered
The Mississippi Press(gulflive.com)/Monday, April 30, 2012

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Scott E. Pruitt, 38, died Saturday, April 28, from an improvised explosive device while conducting combat duties in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He will be buried Saturday, May 8, at the cemetery in Washington, D.C.

Pruitt lived in Murrieta, Calif., and his brother, Paul, who verified funeral arrangements, lives in Santa Monica, Calif.

Sgt. Pruitt was a member of the First Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif., where he was a comptroller chief. His specialty was financial management resource analyst, according to The Mississippi Press.

State Senate Honors Fallen Marine
Sun Herald/Wednesday, May 02, 2012

The full Mississippi Senate on Monday signed Resolution 679 honoring the 1992 Pascagoula High graduate. Pruitt began his military service in 1993 and had won numerous medals, including the Purple Heart and Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, the latter three times. He is the father of two children, 9-year-old Jennifer and Jordyn, 4. Sgt. Pruitt and fiancee Trisha Anderson-Lane were to be married in 2013.

Fallen Marine to be Buried at Arlington
Sun Herald/Tuesday, May 01, 2012