World War II Honoree

Perry Trevelyn Allison

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bienville, Louisiana

Honored By

Jan Evans

Relationship

Daughter

DRAFTED JUNE 1942. PRIVATE FOR TWO MONTHS; CORPORAL, TWO MONTHS; SERGEANT, ONE WEEK; STAFF SERGEANT, EIGHT MONTHS; TECHNICAL SERGEANT, THREE MONTHS; MASTER SERGEANT, THIRTY MONTHS. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA. INSTRUCTED BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP POLK, LOUISIANA AND PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK WITH THE 969 ENGINEERING AND AT FORT JACKSON, SOUTH CAROLINA WITH THE 1470TH ENGINEERS. WENT OVERSEAS WITH THE 1470TH ENGINEERS TO MONMOUTH, WALES AND THEN TO REIMS, FRANCE. WAS IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM WHEN ROOSEVELT DIED. SERVED OVERSEAS SEVEN MONTHS. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON, VICTORY MEDAL AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON NOVEMBER 12, 1945 FROM CAMP GRUBER, OKLAHOMA.