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Personal info

Full name
PETERSON, Herbert Charles
Date of birth
16 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois
Hometown
Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36639271
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Düren, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 24 17

Immediate family

Members
George S. Peterson (father)
Gertrude Peterson (mother)
Bernice Peterson (sister)
Patricia Peterson (sister)
Irene Peterson (sister)

More information

Herbert Peterson's parents were born in Sweden.

The remains of S/Sgt Herbert C. Peterson were found in Germeter and initially registered as Unknown X-5755. He was evacuated to Ardennes Cemetery and was identified at the identification center.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1940 Census, IDPF of Raymond C. Blanton

Photo source: Peter Schouteten