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Perl remained active in Jewish affairs until his death, despite suffering from Parkinson's disease. He died at his home on December 24, 1998.
Perl remained active in Jewish affairs until his death, despite suffering from Parkinson's disease. He died at his home on December 24, 1998.


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The timeline research also records 1950 PhD in Clinical Psychology, Columbia University. College, University of Vienna (Psychology & Law, PhD, LLD). (handwriting expert and personnel consultant). Practiced law in Vienna. 1958 Retired from Army as Lt. 8/17/1943 Served as instructor, Section V. 1954-5 President, Society of Correctional Psychologists. 4/17/1938 Married Lore Rollig (who secretly converted to Judaism). 5/20/1943 Became naturalized citizen (Certificate No. Returned to Vienna to locate and rescue wife.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
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== Timeline ==
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* 9/21/1906 Born in Prague, son of Rudolf and Camilla (Fischer) Perl.
* 3/13/1943 Began Class 6 Section 4 (IPW-Ge). [This class/section of 37 officers.
* 6/18/1944 Received direct commission as 2nd Lt. (ASN 0555149) AUS.
* 1/1943 Inducted in U.S. Army (Pvt ASN 32712884).
* 1958 Retired from Army as Lt. Col.
* ?/1944 Transferred to forward intelligence unit (IPW Team 177) on the.
* ?/1945 Assigned to War Crimes Branch as interrogator.
* Promoted to Staff Sergeant (T/3) and assigned to DEML Section.
* T/3 Naiman, T/5 Koehl; [designation 175T signifies that this team.
* and enlisted men included Lt. Frank “Brandy” Brandstetter; Cpl.
* of IPW Team 175T were: Lt. Schultz, S/Sgt Madison, T/3 Lewenz,.
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._Perl Wikipedia: William R. Perl]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._Perl Wikipedia: William R. Perl]
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of William R. Perl for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Perl, William R. for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: WILLIAM R. PERL - TIME LINE.doc)