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Personal info

Full name
PERDUE, John Perryman
Date of birth
31 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Danison, Guilford County, North Carolina
Hometown
High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34434442
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Wylerbaan
Groesbeek, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 3 11

Immediate family

Members
John P. Perdue (father)
Effie J. (Foust) Perdue (mother)
Harvey M. Perdue (brother)
Alonzo L. Perdue (brother)
Mamie Perdue (sister)
Fred A. Perdue (brother)
Nannie L. Perdue (sister)
Paul H. Perdue (brother)
Dorothy A. Perdue (sister)
Virginia Perdue (sister)
Ruth Perdue (sister)

More information

Pvt John P. Perdue enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 10 October 1942. He was sent overseas in December 1943 and was wounded on D-Day, but returned to action on 1 September 1944.

He was killed by a shell explosion in a kitchen.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Erwin Derhaag, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com, www.marketgarden.com, Greensboro Daily News, N.C. - 3 November 1944

Photo source: Greensboro Daily News, N.C., www.marketgarden.com, Gerrie Franken - SOHE