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Personal info

Full name
PERDUE, Omer Jessie
Date of birth
9 December 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
West Virginia
Hometown
Union, Wayne County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35651374
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
In the Warnach / Martelange area, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 11 22

Immediate family

Members
Edward G. Perdue (father)
Grace K. (Akers) Perdue (mother)
Ervin E. Perdue (brother)
Geneva B. Perdue (sister)
Pearl Perdue (sister)
Walter Perdue (brother)
William R. Perdue (brother)
Thelma M. Perdue (sister)
Charles E. Perdue (brother)
James E. Perdue (brother)
Norman R. Perdue (brother)
Lucy P. Perdue (sister)
Earl L. Perdue (brother)
Ruby B. Perdue (sister)

More information

Sgt Omer J. Perdue enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 15 February 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Melinda Roles Jacquier Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, AAR 51st AIB August 44 thru May 1945, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/vets/perdueomer/perdueomer.html,

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Suzanne Queen, http://www.wvculture.org - Ruby B. Steffen Perdue (sister)