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V-leeridofri-ii-mwVeteran Dies in Accident Mrs. Lois E. Petty of Stephen*ville, is in receipt of a letter, dated August 31, from Headquarters 330th Infantry, APO 83, U. S. Army, which will he read with sorrow by manyfriends of the bereaved familyand of the young hero:My dear Mrs. Petty,It is with deep regret that I confirm the death of your son, Private First Class Perry M.4444ofOltoASlt;iteqs Yinh\\Petty, 38532653, who died as atieth W A iiniStdcpllt;Mi27teiwiterse1miW£Atfrlt;\V(aranClthresult of a ‘jeep’ accident, at 1:40 o’clock August 27, 1945,near Waldkirchen, Germany.“Your son was a ‘jeep’ driver for Headquarters Company,Third Battalion. While driving two men from the dental clinic back to their organization, Perry tried to avoid a deep rut in the road, however, the right wheel of his ‘jeep’ hit a one-foot ditch, skidded and overturned. He was immediately evacuated to the un hospital, but death occurred before reaching the hospital.“Your son has always been an excellent soldier. He had fought with this organization in every campaign that we had participated in, namely: Normandy,Northern France, Rhineland, Ar- andennes, and Central Europe. Dur-ing his meritorious and honorable service, he has been awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, Oak Leaf (luster for the Bronze Star Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal. His loss has been deeply felt by all officers and 11'men who knew him.“He is at rest in our United States Military Cemetery near Nurnberg, Germany, and appropriate funeral rites were fib-served at the time of his burial by an Army Chaplain of the Protestant faith.May 1 join with the officers in and men of my command in ex-ts ' tending our most sincere svm-S. j pathy in your hours of grief.“Very sincerely yours, R. T. Foster, Colonel, Infantry. Commanding/*Perry M. Petty was well known in Erath county. He was fi1M‘ j reared at Lipan, and finished?t' his pullic school work there.!C | He entered the service two andone-half years ago, and was u‘ , overseas for eighteen months.5P I Other survivors than his mother, Mrs. Lois E. Petty, the youthleaves to mourn his tragic and , untimely end, two brothers, Charles Petty, I . S. Navy, Medical Corps, Fort Worth, and William Petty, U. S. Army, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, and s three sisters, one of whom, Mrs.I Jimmy Evatt and family lives : in the Lone Oak community. One— ' of the other sisters lives in California, and one in Tennessee. | veS’ofP£titOchamlt;iclt;GtG1toSONlt;S(‘fohe leianlivba relt; wisot(thriiSC 1ISHit h; tic
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Stephenville Empire Tribune
Stephenville, Texas, US
Fri, Oct 05, 1945
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