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Winfred Ordway "Duggan" Perry was born on 24 March 1925 in Roan Mountain, Carter County, Tennessee. His given name was Winfred, but it was never used nor for that matter was Ordway, he was always known as Duggan by his family and friends. He moved to Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee when his mother remarried after his father's untimely death.
Ordway enlisted from Johnson City in the United States (US) Army on 10 June 1943 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia as a Private with service number 34736189. Private Perry trained at Camp Wallace, near La Marque, Texas and at Camp Hulen, near Palacios, Texas in anti-aircraft operations. He was later reassigned to the 311th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry "Lightning" Division. The regiment carried the nickname of the "Timberwolves".
Orway died of wounds received at the Remagen Bridgehead, near Bad Honnef am Rhien, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on 14 March 1945. He was 19 years old. Ordway participated in two unit campaigns: Ardennes-Alsace "Battle of the Bulge"and the Rhineland. He was awarded a second Purple Heart medal. Ordway was first interred at the temporary US Military Cemetery in Henri-Chapelle in Plot B4, Row 9, Grave 167. After the war and at the request of his mother, he was disinterred and now rests at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Verviers, Liege, Belgium in Plot D, Row 2, Grave 9.
Ordway's the son of James Henry Perry and Pearl M. Winters, later Miller.
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Winfred Ordway "Duggan" Perry was born on 24 March 1925 in Roan Mountain, Carter County, Tennessee. His given name was Winfred, but it was never used nor for that matter was Ordway, he was always known as Duggan by his family and friends. He moved to Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee when his mother remarried after his father's untimely death.
Ordway enlisted from Johnson City in the United States (US) Army on 10 June 1943 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia as a Private with service number 34736189. Private Perry trained at Camp Wallace, near La Marque, Texas and at Camp Hulen, near Palacios, Texas in anti-aircraft operations. He was later reassigned to the 311th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry "Lightning" Division. The regiment carried the nickname of the "Timberwolves".
Orway died of wounds received at the Remagen Bridgehead, near Bad Honnef am Rhien, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on 14 March 1945. He was 19 years old. Ordway participated in two unit campaigns: Ardennes-Alsace "Battle of the Bulge"and the Rhineland. He was awarded a second Purple Heart medal. Ordway was first interred at the temporary US Military Cemetery in Henri-Chapelle in Plot B4, Row 9, Grave 167. After the war and at the request of his mother, he was disinterred and now rests at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Verviers, Liege, Belgium in Plot D, Row 2, Grave 9.
Ordway's the son of James Henry Perry and Pearl M. Winters, later Miller.
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