Obituaries: William Henry Perkins, Jr., 1943, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 22, 1943 Winn Parish Enterprise

W. H. Perkins, Jr., Killed In Action In South Pacific

Mrs. W. W. Allen, Mrs. W. O. Averett, and Mrs. J. L. Peavy, of Winnfield,
were notified Wednesday afternoon that their nephew, William Henry Perkins,
Jr., 32, Seaman 1-C in the U. S. Navy, was killed in action in the South
Pacific.  He was the only son of Mrs. Lena Daniels Perkins and the late W. H.
Perkins, Sr. of Shreveport.

Mr. Perkins, who was given special training in the care of blood plasma after
he enlisted in the Navy in September, was serving with a non-combat unit. 
His mother received a letter from him Wednesday morning, the same day the War
Department notified her of his death, which stated that he was getting along
fine.

Besides his aunts in Winnfield, and his mother, he is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Mable Smith Perkins; one son, Billy Perkins; another aunt, Mrs. J. P.
Durham, all of Shreveport, and a number of other relatives in Winn Parish.