PFC Jose Amado Perea
Birth: 28 August 1890 Torreon, New Mexico
Death: 25 January 1980
Amado Perea was the son of Don Isidoro Perea and Doña Maria Vallejos of Torreon, New Mexico. Pfc Perea and Pedro Zamora, also of Torreon, voluntarily enlisted in the Army in Estancia, New Mexico, on his 27th birthday. Perea did his basic and advanced infantry training in “Camp Fuston” Ft. Riley Kansas and Ft. Ord California. He served with the American Expeditionary Force assigned to the 3rd “Rock of the Marne” Division from July 1918 to August 1919. He fought and survived in the Marne Offensive of July 1918, the St Mihiel Offensive of early September 1918, and the Meusse Argonne Offensive of late September-November 1918. On his return to Torreon, he was appointed US Postmaster of Torreon, New Mexico.[1]
Note that “Camp Fuston” Ft. Riley Kansas where PFC Perea did his basic training was a large camp that housed and trained soldiers for military duty drafted from midwestern states. Due to the cramped conditions of the camp of up to 40,000 soldiers, the spread of communicable diseases was a constant threat. The 1918-1920 influenza pandemic possibly originated from the camp transmitting via troop transport.[2]
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Notes:
[1] All info found in the paragraph from Samuel Leo Gonzales, The Days of Old, self published, 1993.
“Jose Amado Perea” military and census database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 05 Apr. 2023) and “Jose Amado Perea” Find a Grave, accessed on 8/25/2023 at
[2] Info on Camp Fuston and Pandemic from “Camp Fuston” Kansaspedia accessed on 6/19/2023 at
Bio organized by E. Garcia
See also:
US post master appointment at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/770527:1932