Alexander Wallace Perry of the District of Columbia
Appointed from New York, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1883 (40)
Additional Second Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Infantry, 11 June 1888
Second Lieutenant, 10th U. S. Infantry, 21 August 1888
Transferred to 9th U. S. Cavalry, 11 February 1889
First Lieutenant, 3rd U. S. Cavalry, 8 June 1896
Transferred to 9th U. S. Cavalry, 9 July 1896
Captain, Assistant Quartermaster of U. S. Volunteers, 3 June 1898 to 21 March 1901
Captain, 11th U. S. Cavalry, 2 February 1901
Retired as disabled in 1917
NOTE: Captain Perry was the son of Alexander James Perry, Brigadier General, United States Army, and is buried with the General in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery.
PERRY, ALEXANDER W
CAPT USA RETD
DATE OF DEATH: 01/11/1917
BURIED AT: SECTION W SITE 21B
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
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