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Personal info

Full name
PERRY, Albert Marion
Date of birth
1 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Union, Johnson County, Indiana
Hometown
Johnson County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35244060
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Ensdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 43 14

Immediate family

Members
William H. Perry (father)
Dessie I. (Day) Perry (mother)
William R. Perry (brother)
Halcie B. Perry (sister)
Carl Perry (brother)
Barbara Perry (sister)
Ernest T. Perry (brother)
Claude A. Perry (brother)
Paul W. Perry (brother)
Robert H. Perry (brother)
Hugh S. Perry (brother)
Virginia (Turner) Perry (wife)
Patricia S. Perry (daughter)

More information

Pvt Albert M. Perry enlisted in Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 3 March 1944 and received his training at Camp Wolters, Texas. He was with the Third Army at the time of his death. He was killed by an enemy sniper when the company of which he was a member was taking a block of houses in Ensdorf, Germany

He attended high school for 1 year before he enlisted.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Tina Perry Family Tree / Indiana Birth Certificates, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, www.newspapers.com - The Franklin Evening Star
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