World War II Honoree

Lawrence Joseph Perrotta

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bronx, New York

Honored By

Yolanda A. Perrotta and Family

Relationship

Wife & Family

FIRST LIEUTENANT LAWRENCE J. PERROTTA WAS AN ARTILLERY INSTRUCTOR IN THE U.S. ARMY FROM 1941 UNTIL JANUARY 1945. BY MARCH OF 1945, HE WAS STATIONED IN GERMANY WHERE HE WAS COMMANDED TO LEAD AN ASSAULT AT THE RHINE RIVER NEAR BERLIN. DURING THIS ASSAULT ON MARCH 8, 1945, PERROTTA LEAD HIS MEN INTO BATTLE BY MARCHING ALONGSIDE A TANK. LIEUTENANT PERROTTA WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION WHEN THE TANK EXPLODED AFTER RIDING OVER A LAND MINE. THIS WAS A PRELIMINARY BATTLE PRIOR TO THE TAKING OF BERLIN IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THE WAR IN EUROPE.