World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Morton
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Regiment / Group / Brigade:
358th Infantry Regiment
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
90th Infantry Division
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968
Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater
Circumstances:
Died in France on November 30, 1944, from wounds received in an attack on the Siegfried line in Germany. Peterson was a member of a rifle company which succeeded in capturing 14 pill boxes and cleared out several tank traps in the attack. Peterson went overseas in March 1944 and took part in the Normandy invasion as a member of the 90th Division of the Third Army
Biography:
born Minuet, ND 31 Mar 09; resident Morton County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, Minn 1 Apr 42; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 30 Nov 44 Germany; buried in Plot 34, Row 7, Grave 3, 1st Addition, Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Sims, ND.