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Personal info

Full name
PERKINS, William Hardwick
Date of birth
6 November 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Richmond County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
O-349050
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 7 24

Immediate family

Members
Harrell W. Perkins (father)
Nora (Cheely) Perkins (mother)
Mildred Perkins (sister)
Harry Perkins (brother)
Helen Perkins (sister)
Addie L. (Bentley) Perkins (wife)
William H. Perkins, Jr. (son)
Harriette Perkins (daughter)

More information

Capt William H. Perkins graduated from the Academy of Richmond County High School in 1930 and attended junior college in 1931. He served in the R.O.T.C. program attaining the rank of Captain.

Capt Perkins was taken prisoner on 16 December 1944 in the vicinity of Oberlascheid, Germany. At that moment he must have been wounded and probably died of his wounds in a German field hospital. The exact circumstances and location are not known.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://aad.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Lambert Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census, http://106thinfdivassn.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Academy of Richmond County, yearbook 1930, 1931