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Personal info

Full name
PERRY, Joseph James
Date of birth
8 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
New London, New London County, Connecticut
Hometown
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32275706
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Near Albestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 7 47

Immediate family

Members
Adam Perry (father)
Ida Perry (mother)
Rose Perry (sister)
Emeline Perry (sister)
Alice Perry (sister)
Alfred Perry (brother)

More information

Pvt Joseph J. Perry attended high school for two years before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 4 April 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

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 / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com

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