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Personal info

Full name
PERNA, Peter
Date of birth
27 December 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33188175
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 March 1945
Place of death
Near Mainz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 16 13

Immediate family

Members
Frank Perna (father)
Joseph Perna (brother)
Mike Perna (brother)

More information

Pvt Peter Perna attended high school for 2 years before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 8 August 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census

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