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Author: ELLinSpain
Surnames: downey
Classification: biography
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World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
Name: Perry T Downey
Inducted From: Indiana
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Combat Organization: 53rd Infantry 6th Division
Death Date: 28 Jan 1945
Monument: Fort William McKinley, Manila, The Philippines
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Meda
ROSTERS OF WAR DEAD
Name: Perry T Downey
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: No Preference
Cemetery Name: Fort McKinley, (Permanent Cemetery), Manila, Philippine Islands
Grave number: A 8 92
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Service Number: 35160806
ENLISTMENTS
Name: Perry T Downey
Birth Year: 1916
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Kentucky
State of Residence: Indiana
County or City: Vanderburg
Enlistment Date: 6 Jun 1941
Enlistment State: Indiana
Enlistment City: Fort Benjamin Harrison
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled meatcutters, except in slaughtering and packing houses
Marital Status: Divorced, without dependents
Height: 71
Weight: 176
1930
Millard F Witham 61
Delie Witham 41
George D Downey 21
Andrew T Downey 19
William Downey 17
Perry Downey 13
Home in 1930: Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana
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