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Personal info

Full name
PETTY, Perry M
Date of birth
18 March 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Hood County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38532653
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Driver
Unit
HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
27 August 1945
Place of death
Near Waldkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 48 21

Immediate family

Members
Joseph W. Petty (father)
Lois E. (Doss) Petty (mother)
Gwendolin Petty (sister)
Hetty H. Petty (sister)
Verna M. Petty (sister)
Wilma J. Petty (sister)
Leta V. Petty (sister)
William E. Petty (brother)
Charles Petty (brother)

More information

Pfc Perry M. Petty enlisted in Dallas, Texas on 9 August 1943.

Pfc Petty served as a jeep driver and died as the result of a jeep accident near Waldkirchen, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Wroten Gibson Family, Stephensville Empire Tribune - 5 October 1945 

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