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Personal info

Full name
PETERS, Charles Stanley
Date of birth
30 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan
Hometown
Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36884963
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gosshau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 1 6

Immediate family

Members
Charles Peters (father)
Edith I. (Krieger) Peters (mother)
Mildred E. Peters (sister)
Dora B. (Gilson) Peters (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Charles S. Peters graduated from the local high school.

He enlisted on 29 October 1943. He took part in the invasion in France and was wounded on 23 June 1944 and hospitalized for seven weeks.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Logreco Family Tree, WWII Draft Cards, The Herald Press - 16 February 1945

Photo source: Danny van der Groen, Susan Linton