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Personal info

Full name
PERRY, Thomas Davis Sr "Tom"
Date of birth
26 September 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Hometown
Jefferson, Marengo County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34910155
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sainte-Croix, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 6 11

Immediate family

Members
Robert P. Perry I (father)
Mary F. (Tubb) Perry (mother)
Martha L. Perry (sister)
Florence O. Perry (sister)
James W. Perry (brother)
Mary F. Perry (sister)
Robert P. Perry II (brother)
John E. Perry (brother)
Eleanor B. Perry (sister)
Ruth E. Perry (sister)
Arthur L. Perry (brother)
Erna E. (Sutton) Perry (wife)
Erna L. Perry (daughter)
Thomas D. Perry Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt Thomas D. Perry Sr. was an attendant in a recreation and amusement park before he enlisted in Camp Blanding, Florida on 5 January 1944. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his back and leg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Perry Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Coleman, www.newspapers.com – The Birmingham News - 4 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Emily Galloway, www.ancestry.com – Emily Galloway, www.newspapers.com – The Birmingham News - 4 December 1944