World War II Honoree

Raymond P. Peurifoy

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Laurinburg, North Carolina

Honored By

Rebecca Stearns, Mary West, Scott Peurifoy & Karen Chance

Relationship

Children

BEGAN ACTIVE DUTY AT CAMP CROFT IN SOUTH CAROLINA ON DECEMBER 30, 1943. SHIPPED OUT FROM FORT MEADE, MARYLAND ON JUNE 15, 1944. ARRIVED IN LIVERPOOL AND THEN UTAH BEACH IN JULY 1944. ASSIGNED TO HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 39TH INFANTRY, 90TH INFANTRY, A DIVISION. EARNED BATTLE STARS FOR NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES (BATTLE OF THE BULGE), RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE. AFTER NORMANDY, SERVED IN PATTON'S 3RD ARMY. HE WAS 20 MILES INSIDE CZECHOSLOVAKIA WHEN COMBAT CEASED. AFTER COMBAT MOVED TO AMSBERG, GERMANY WITH ARMY OF OCCUPATION, 753RD TANK BATTALION AT SS TROOP PRISON. ALSO AT 20TH CORPS HEADQUARTERS AT BERCHTESGADEN, GERMANY. ARRIVED BACK IN THE U.S. IN DECEMBER 1945. DISCHARGED JANUARY 16, 1946 AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA. RETURNED HOME TO CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA. RECEIVED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, BRONZE STAR, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.