Veteran of WWI, farmer. He was the fourth of ten children born to Johannah Helquist and Samuel Brown. He attended school through the eighth grade, but since there was no local high school, he started working after that. Prior to joining the war, he was farming and stock raising with his father in the Piute County community of Greenwich.
On March 8, 1918, Perry volunteered (under special induction) to join the Army and was assigned to Ambulance Co. 30 of the 5th Sanitary Train, Fifth Regular Division. From March to June, he trained at the medical officers' training camp at Fort Riley in Kansas. Next he went to Camp Merritt in New Jersey where he trained for an additional week before heading overseas on June 11, 1918. He arrived in Liverpool on June 25 and finally in France on June 29. According to his questionnaire, which Perry completed himself, he served in the Vosges Sector, in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, and in the Meuse–Argonne offensive where he drove a horse-drawn ambulance. He was officially discharged from the Army on August 1, 1919.
Some further research tell us that Perry returned to Utah to live with his family after the war. The 1920 census places him in Greenwich working with his father on the farm. At some point, he moved to Idaho and married Melba Eliza Young on June 16, 1928. The 1930 census shows the couple living in Bingham, Idaho, along with their first child. The family expanded in the 1930s with the birth of two daughters. The 1940 census shows the family living in the same house and Perry working as a farmer. Perry lived a long life and passed away on April 5, 1980 at 84 years old. He is buried in the Riverside-Thomas Cemetery in Blackfoot, Idaho.
On March 8, 1918, Perry volunteered (under special induction) to join the Army and was assigned to Ambulance Co. 30 of the 5th Sanitary Train, Fifth Regular Division. From March to June, he trained at the medical officers' training camp at Fort Riley in Kansas. Next he went to Camp Merritt in New Jersey where he trained for an additional week before heading overseas on June 11, 1918. He arrived in Liverpool on June 25 and finally in France on June 29. According to his questionnaire, which Perry completed himself, he served in the Vosges Sector, in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, and in the Meuse–Argonne offensive where he drove a horse-drawn ambulance. He was officially discharged from the Army on August 1, 1919.
Some further research tell us that Perry returned to Utah to live with his family after the war. The 1920 census places him in Greenwich working with his father on the farm. At some point, he moved to Idaho and married Melba Eliza Young on June 16, 1928. The 1930 census shows the couple living in Bingham, Idaho, along with their first child. The family expanded in the 1930s with the birth of two daughters. The 1940 census shows the family living in the same house and Perry working as a farmer. Perry lived a long life and passed away on April 5, 1980 at 84 years old. He is buried in the Riverside-Thomas Cemetery in Blackfoot, Idaho.
Veteran of WWI, farmer. He was the fourth of ten children born to Johannah Helquist and Samuel Brown. He attended school through the eighth grade, but since there was no local high school, he started working after that. Prior to joining the war, he was farming and stock raising with his father in the Piute County community of Greenwich.
On March 8, 1918, Perry volunteered (under special induction) to join the Army and was assigned to Ambulance Co. 30 of the 5th Sanitary Train, Fifth Regular Division. From March to June, he trained at the medical officers' training camp at Fort Riley in Kansas. Next he went to Camp Merritt in New Jersey where he trained for an additional week before heading overseas on June 11, 1918. He arrived in Liverpool on June 25 and finally in France on June 29. According to his questionnaire, which Perry completed himself, he served in the Vosges Sector, in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, and in the Meuse–Argonne offensive where he drove a horse-drawn ambulance. He was officially discharged from the Army on August 1, 1919.
Some further research tell us that Perry returned to Utah to live with his family after the war. The 1920 census places him in Greenwich working with his father on the farm. At some point, he moved to Idaho and married Melba Eliza Young on June 16, 1928. The 1930 census shows the couple living in Bingham, Idaho, along with their first child. The family expanded in the 1930s with the birth of two daughters. The 1940 census shows the family living in the same house and Perry working as a farmer. Perry lived a long life and passed away on April 5, 1980 at 84 years old. He is buried in the Riverside-Thomas Cemetery in Blackfoot, Idaho.
On March 8, 1918, Perry volunteered (under special induction) to join the Army and was assigned to Ambulance Co. 30 of the 5th Sanitary Train, Fifth Regular Division. From March to June, he trained at the medical officers' training camp at Fort Riley in Kansas. Next he went to Camp Merritt in New Jersey where he trained for an additional week before heading overseas on June 11, 1918. He arrived in Liverpool on June 25 and finally in France on June 29. According to his questionnaire, which Perry completed himself, he served in the Vosges Sector, in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, and in the Meuse–Argonne offensive where he drove a horse-drawn ambulance. He was officially discharged from the Army on August 1, 1919.
Some further research tell us that Perry returned to Utah to live with his family after the war. The 1920 census places him in Greenwich working with his father on the farm. At some point, he moved to Idaho and married Melba Eliza Young on June 16, 1928. The 1930 census shows the couple living in Bingham, Idaho, along with their first child. The family expanded in the 1930s with the birth of two daughters. The 1940 census shows the family living in the same house and Perry working as a farmer. Perry lived a long life and passed away on April 5, 1980 at 84 years old. He is buried in the Riverside-Thomas Cemetery in Blackfoot, Idaho.
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