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Personal info

Full name
PETERS, Joseph W
Date of birth
28 April 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Auburn, Sangamon County, Illinois
Hometown
Jennings, St. Louis County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37603008
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
274th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
Near Stiring-Wendel, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 32 58

Immediate family

Members
Tony Peters (father)
Anna Peters (mother)
Melba H. Peters (wife)

More information

Cpl Joseph W. Peters enlisted in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 20 February 1943. He died of wounds suffered in France.

He attended high school for 4 years and was employed at General Motors.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Ralph Peeters, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Post Dispatch Missouri 6 April 1945, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Post dispatch