Leroy Fletcher Prouty Jr. (1917 - 2001)

Born 24 Jan 1917 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

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Died 5 Jun 2001 at age 84 in Alexandria, Alexandria City, Virginia, USA

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Biography

Leroy Prouty Jr. is Notable.

Leroy Fletcher Prouty (January 24, 1917 – June 5, 2001) served as Chief of Special Operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President John F. Kennedy. A former colonel in the United States Air Force, he retired from military service to become a bank executive. He subsequently became a critic of U.S. foreign policy, particularly the covert activities of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) about which he had considerable inside knowledge. Prouty was the inspiration for the character "Mr. X" in Oliver Stone's film JFK.

Col. Prouty spent 9 of his 23 year military career in the Pentagon (1955-1964): 2 years with the Secretary of Defense, 2 years with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and 5 years with Headquarters, U.S. Air Force. In 1955 he was appointed the first "Focal Point" officer between the CIA and the Air Force for Clandestine Operations per National Security Council Directive 5412. He was Briefing Officer for the Secretary of Defense (1960-1961), and for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

At times he would be called to meet with Allen Dulles and John Foster Dulles at their home on highly classified business. He was assigned to attend MKULTRA meetings. In this capacity Col. Prouty would be at the nerve center of the Military-Industrial Complex at a time unequalled in American History. He has written on these subjects, about the JFK assassination, the Cold War period, and Vietnamese warfare, and the existence of a "Secret Team". He backs up his his work with seldom seen or mentioned official documents - some never before released.

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Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23Y2-MJS : 13 March 2018), Le Roy Fletcher Prouty, 24 Jan 1917; citing Birth, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 208, page 205, State Archives, Boston.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXB8-NWT : accessed 3 September 2019), Fletcher Prouty Jr. in household of Fletcher Prouty, Springfield Ward 6, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 151, sheet 14B, line 97, family 371, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 703; FHL microfilm 1,820,703.

United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQGJ-RGY : accessed 3 September 2019), Fletcher Prouty in household of Leroy F Prouty, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 83, sheet 22A, line 6, family 382, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 911; FHL microfilm 2,340,646.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4KN-T59 : 29 July 2019), Leroy F Prouty in household of Leroy Fletcher Prouty, Ward 6, Springfield, Springfield City, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22-137, sheet 63B, line 61, family 108, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1710.

"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKGP-TRXB : accessed 3 September 2019), Leroy Fletcher Prouty Jr, Washington DC, United States, 08 Jun 2001; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Washington Post, The, born-digital text.

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