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Personal info

Full name
PERRY, William Norman
Date of birth
5 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Fredericksburg City, Virginia
Hometown
Fredericksburg City, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33882598
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 13 24

Immediate family

Members
Charles R. Perry (father)
Mary A. (Jordan) Perry (mother)
Grace M. Perry (sister)
Ollie L. Perry (brother)
John F. Perry (brother)
Edward Perry (brother)
Virginia E. Perry (sister)
Cary Perry (brother)
Charles Perry (brother)
Margaret M. (Gallahan) Perry (wife)
Norma F. Perry (daughter)

More information

Pvt William N. Perry attended Lafayette School and was employed by Pitts Theaters and by the Sylvania Industrial Corporation before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 8 April 1944.

He was killed by an explosion.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Scooter, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery