Name:
Joe Frank Perdue
Rank:
Corporal
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Unit:
U.S.S. Guam
Date of Death:
1977-01-17
State:
Alabama
Cemetery:
Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama
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CPL Perdue was born on February 4, 1956, in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. He enlisted in the US Marine Corps on July 9, 1974 and was assigned in CO C BLT 1/6, USS Guam. He died on January 17, 1977, at the age of 20, in the Liberty launch boat (LCM-6) accident as he was aboard. Their boat struck a freighter and capsized during the USS Trenton and USS Guam visitation in Barcelona, Spain. He is now buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA.