Name/Title
PhotographEntry/Object ID
2023.3.6Description
Photograph of Elbert W. Perry and Co. C. 117th Infantry members. Belonged to Elbert Windsor Perry, born 12/17/1895 to Edward W. Berry and Callie S. Simpson Perry. He married Flora Suanita Shepherd on 10/22/1921. Thomas E. Perry, his child, was born in 1923 and his other child, Barbara Lou Perry Baldwin was born in 1930. He died on 12/31/1965 at East Tennessee Baptist Hospital and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. His birth, marriage, and death were in Knoxville, TN. He enlisted on 5/30/1917 and was a noncommissioned officer from 12/27/1917--4/13/1919, when he was honorably discharged as Sergeant, Company C 117th Infantry.
The back of the image reads "W. Perry Co. C 117 Inf. Paid 25"Made/Created
Date made
Dec 27, 1917 - Apr 13, 1919