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- from "Connecticut, Military Questionnaires, 1919-1920" (ancestry.com)
Harry Lyman Perkins was born 2 Mar 1890 in Hartford CT to Lyman Burnham Perkins b. USA & Elizabeth Carroll Young b. USA. Married 8 Mar 1919 in Elizabethtown NY to Dorothy Ellen Woodruff b. 6 Nov 1894 in Elizabethtown NY. One child Dorothy Woodruff Perkins b. 6 Mar 1920 in Hartford CT. Served First Co., GFG, Officers School, 1st Conn, Inf.
- from "The Hartford Courant", 27 Sep 1959 (newspapers.com)
Col. Perkins Dies; Served In 2 Wars
Col Harry L. Perkins, 69, veteran of both world wars prominent in military affairs and an investor, died Saturday at Newington Veterans Administration Hospital. He made his home with his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Woodruff Perkins, at 11 Mountain View Dr., West Hartford. A native of Hartford, he returned as an Army colonel in 1957.
Received Award
Col Perkins in 1958 received the Distinguished Service Citation, the highest award of the Reserve Officers Ass., The award was made at a testimonial of the Hartford Chapter. A founder of the chapter, he was a past president of the local and Connecticut chapters. He was an infantry captain in World War I, serving with the 12th Division. He later was detailed to military intelligence work, and at one time commanded the first battalion of the 304th Infantry, In World War II, he was in the intelligence branch of the Air Corps. Col. Perkins, a writer and speaker on military affairs and foreign policy, was active in defense activities. He was a charter member and former adjutant of Rau-Locke Post, American Legion. he also was a charter member and commander of Hayes-Velhage Post, AL, of West Hartford. His activities in city and state civic enterprises were varied, including vice chairmanship in 1942 of the civilian committee on the city's "On to Victory" parade. He was a leader of the American Legion's "War Against Depression" campaign in 1932. At the time of his death, he was manager of the investment department of the local office of Walston Co., Inc., a brokerage office. Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, Miss Dorothy E. Perkins of West Hartford, and a brother, G. Richard Perkins of Hartford. Funeral services will be held Moat 3 p.m. at the James T. Pratt Company Chapel, 71 Farming Ave. Burial well be in Soldiers Field, Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford. Friends are asked to contribute to the muscular dystrophy fund in lieu of flowers.
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