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Personal info

Full name
PETERS, Clarence Clifford
Date of birth
11 February 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31355085
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
29 October 1944
Place of death
Northern outskirts of Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 4 28

Immediate family

Members
Roy J. Lopes (stepfather)
Bernice H. Lopes (mother)
Jeanette M. Lopes (stepsister)

More information

Pvt Clarence C. Peters enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 5 May 1943.
He attended high school for 3 years and was a molder before he enlisted.

He landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Vanessa Ramalho