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Personal info

Full name
PERKINS, Hazelee
Date of birth
27 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina
Hometown
Mount Carbon, Fayette County, West Virginia
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
35265463
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
19th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 April 1945
Place of death
Near Pyrbaum, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 16 36

Immediate family

Members
Noah Perkins (father)
Bessie Perkins (mother)
Cornelia Perkins (sister)
Noah Perkins (brother)
Isaac Perkins (brother)
Elizabeth Perkins (sister)
Edith Perkins (sister)

More information

Pvt Hazelee Perkins was a miner before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 6 February 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://14thad.org

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