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Personal info

Full name
PETERSON, Melvin August
Date of birth
19 July 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Remer, Cass County, Minnesota
Hometown
Polk County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37590268
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 December 1944
Place of death
Near Düren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 6 13

Immediate family

Members
Alvina Peterson (wife)
Joan M. Peterson (daughter)
Charles M. Peterson (son)

More information

Pfc Melvin A. Peterson was a bartender before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 22 February 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet