Frank Dabney Peregoy

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Frank Dabney Peregoy was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his service during World War II. He was honored locally with the U.S. Army Reserve Center was named for him when it opened in 1960. [1]

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Biography

Peregoy was born on April 10, 1915 in Albemarle County. He enlisted in the Monticello Guard in 1931 and entered active Army service in February 1941 as part of the 116th Infantry.

Peregoy was a technical sergeant who was killed in action on June 14, 1955. Six days before he had killed eight Axis soldiers and forced the surrender of several dozen more.

The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors named April 10, 2016 as Frank Peregoy day. The resolution claims his last name is actually Peregoy even though history records his last name as Peregory. [2]

References

  1. Print: New Armory To Be Named for Peregory, Staff reports, Daily Progress, Lindsay family January 16, 1960, Page 9.
  2. Web. PROCLAMATION: Frank D. Peregoy day, retrieved April 6, 2016.

External links

Rick Briton lecture on Peregory's life