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Personal info

Full name
PERKINS, Walter E Jr
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
St. Louis County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
17134087
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 5 18

Immediate family

Members
Walter E. Perkins Sr. (father)
Nellie Perkins (mother)

More information

Pfc Walter E. Perkins Jr. attended college before he joined the Regular Army in St. Louis, Missouri on 7 June 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1925 State Census, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: Kemper Military School alumni WWII - courtsey of B. Jeffries