World War II Honoree

Henry Reed Perry

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Lake Arthur, Louisiana

Honored By

Randall Perry, Steven Perry and Stephanie Perry

Relationship

Children

ENLISTED IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS ON NOVEMBER 30, 1939. UPON COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP PENDLETON AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, HE WAS DISPATCHED TO THE NAVAL FLEET AT PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. ASSIGNED TO THE USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6), HE SERVED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN NAVAL OFFENSIVES AGAINST JAPANESE MANDATED ISLANDS INCLUDING WAKE ISLAND, MARCUS ISLAND, THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, GUADALCANAL, OKINAWA, AND IWO JIMA. ON JULY 21, 1944, HE TOOK PART IN THE INITIAL LANDING CAMPAIGN TO SEIZE THE ISLAND OF GUAM, WHEREUPON, HE WAS LATER AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION AGAINST THE ENEMY. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FOR SERVING DURING WWII, ON NOVEMBER 29, 1945, WITH THE RANK OF PLATOON SERGEANT.