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Personal info

Full name
PERDUE, Edwin Frank
Date of birth
23 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Clinton County, Kentucky
Hometown
Albany, Clinton County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35039691
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Near Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John W. Perdue (father)
Mary (Shelly) Perdue (mother)
Wilma E. Perdue (sister)
Lena A. Perdue (sister)
Ermon L. Perdue (brother)

More information

Pfc Edwin F. Perdue worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 3 March 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Walton R. Haddix, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Kentucky Birth Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
Photo source: Peter Schouteten