Pervie Carroll Brinson was born on October 18, 1914 in Duplin County to Benjamin "Ben" Franklin Brinson and Caldonia "Donie" Duff Brinson. He married Lossie Edna Wood on May 8, 1937 and had 3 children. Pervie worked for the New Bern Police Department and retired in 1976 after 30 years with the department. Pervie died February 3, 1998 of leukemia, heart disease, diabetes and prostrate cancer. He always had many stories that he would tell me as a child growing up of the "bums" (bombs) whistling through the air and exploding all around him. He would tell me about the bombs and shells flying through the air at night lighting up the sky and looking like stars and fireworks going off. He was very proud of his time in the Army fighting throughout the war. He drove a light truck during the war and received 2 bronze stars for combat as well as many other medals. ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 34968400 NAME BRINSON,PERVIE, C RESIDENCE: STATE NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENCE: COUNTY CRAVEN PLACE OF ENLISTMENT 4625 FT BRAGG NORTH CAROLINA DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 05 DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 04 DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 44 GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION PVT- Private GRADE: CODE 8 Private BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION NO# No branch assignment BRANCH: CODE 02 No branch assignment FIELD USE AS DESIRED # TERM OF ENLISTMENT 5 Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law LONGEVITY SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL 0 Civil Life NATIVITY NORTH CAROLINA YEAR OF BIRTH 14 RACE AND CITIZENSHIP White, citizen EDUCATION 0 Grammar school CIVILIAN OCCUPATION 266 DISPATCHER CLERK (CREW) or POLICEMAN or INVESTIGATOR (Detective.) or CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION LABORATORY TECHNICIAN or VICE SQUAD PATROLMAN or TRAFFIC PATROLMAN MARITAL STATUS Married COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 7 Selectees (Enlisted Men) CARD NUMBER # BOX NUMBER 0875 FILM REEL NUMBER 3.297