Corporal Clifford Perry of Camp Barkeley, Texas, arrived Tuesday to spend a ten day furlough with his parents and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Perry, and Marjorie, of Fredonia township.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, April 9, 1943
SOLDIER NEWS.
Pfc. Clifford Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parry of Fredonia township, is spending his 10-day furlough with relatives here. Pfc. Perry is stationed at Camp Gordon, Ga.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, July 10, 1944
NEWS OF THE BOYS IN THE SERVICE.
Pfc. Clifford Perry is spending a furlough in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Perry. Clifford is in the cavalry and is stationed at Camp Gordon, Ga.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, July 14, 1944
AN EVEN SMALLER WORLD ITEM
Some time ago The Globe-Post published an item about Pfc. Cliff Perry and Sgt. Roy Bouma, cousins and next-door Plymouth County farm neighbors, meeting in Holland. They met, talked and were caught up in the whirlwind of war, and never saw each other again.
But recently, Sgt. Bouma was assigned to a room in a Dutch monastery. Pfc. Perry, hearing he was there, went looking for him. He found a room, nobody there, and went to sleep. You’ve guessed it. It was Sgt. Bouma’s room, and he came in to find his cousin sleeping.
Pfc. Perry told his cousin about leaving his pants, neatly folded, lying in a truck. The Germans shelled or bombed the area, and a piece of shrapnel passed cleanly though the pants, making six holes. Pfc. Perry said he was glad he didn’t have ‘em on.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, February 19, 1945
***Further Research:
Clifford Earl Perry was born June 21, 1918 to Frank George and Clara M. Kilker Perry. He died Aug. 5, 2008 and is buried in Memorial Cemetery, LeMars, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
