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Personal info

Full name
PERLA, Anthony L
Date of birth
3 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Lockport, Niagara County, New York
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42096669
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
52nd Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
Schofstadt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 9 13

Immediate family

Members
Salvatore Perla (father)
Sarah Perla (mother)
Salvatore Perla (brother)
Russell Perla (brother)
Josephine (Baglio) Perla (wife)
Sara J. Perla (daughter)
Samuel Perla (son)

More information

S/Sgt Anthony L. Perla graduated from Grover Cleveland High School in 1938.

He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 28 July 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Michela's Family Tree / New York, State Census 1925 / WWII Draft Cards, After Action Report, Buffalo Evening News - 1 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Grover Cleveland High School, yearbook 1937