Medal of Honor Recipients

E Company, 511 PIR - KIA

02/10/14 - 12/08/44 (Age 30)  - gravesite

Citations: Medal of Honor, Bronze Star, Combat Infantryman Badge, Purple Heart with oak leaf device, Parachutist Badge

Locations: Camp Toccoa, Camp Mackall, Camp Polk, Camp Stoneman, New Guinea, Leyte

Elmer Edward Fryar (39325592) was born on February 10, 1914, in Denver, Colorado to George Franklin Fryar (age 30) and Martha Mary Mathews (Fryar) (age 24). The family, including Elmer's older brother Donald and sister Dorothy, later moved to Maple Grove then Edgewater, Colorado. At some point Elmer's family moved back to Denver where they lived on 3913 Ocola Street.

A Company, 511 PIR - KIA

03/03/23 - 03/14/45 (Age 22)  - gravesite

Citations: Medal of Honor, Combat Infantryman Badge, Purple Heart, Parachutist Badge

Locations: Camp Toccoa, Camp Mackall, Camp Polk, Camp Stoneman, New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon

Manuel "Toots" Pérez was born on March 3, 1923 in the Riverside neighborhood of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Manuel (Sr.) and Isidra Pérez. Isidra died when Manuel was only four and a few years later, Manuel and his family moved to Chicago, Illinois (Near West Side at Racine and Taylor Streets), where "Toots" was raised by his father and his paternal grandmother Tiburcia Moncada Pérez at 3511 West Roosevelt Road. His uncle Jesse and aunt Emily Pérez also served as surrogate parents for the future paratrooper and Manuel remained close to his uncle until his (Manuel's) death in 1945.