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Personal info

Full name
PERIC, Carl
Date of birth
13 July 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Opacchianella, Italy
Hometown
Van Dyke, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36883160
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 25 48

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Peric (father)
Maria (Pahor) Peric (mother)
Mirko Peric (brother)
Frank Peric (brother)
Fred Peric (brother)
Molly (Rauniker) Peric (wife)

More information

Pvt Carl Peric immigrated in 1929 from Italy. He was a leather worker before he enlisted.

At the time of his death, the 11th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the Rhine River bridgehead in the vicinity of Nierstein – Oppenheim, Germany.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – U.S. City Directories / Oklahoma County Marriage Records / Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Muskegon Chronicle - 13 April 1945