World War II Honoree

George R. Perry

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Quincy, Massachusetts

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank: Private First Class. Inducted into the United States Army November 23, 1942 at Boston, Massachusetts. Following recruit and advanced infantry training, he served as a Rifleman with the Twenty-Sixth Infantry Regiment, a subordinate unit of the First ‘The Big Red One’ Division, attached to the U.S. First Army. Monday, October 9, 1944 he was mortally wounded, when his division laid siege and occupation of Aachen, Germany. Personnel from a Grave Registration Company buried him in the Henri-Chapelle Battlefield Cemetery; Ellpen, Belgium. In the post-war era, this Soldiers’ family requested that he be buried with Military Honors at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery Location: Henri-Chapelle, Belgium. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.