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Personal info

Full name
PEIRSON, John Silas Sheffield
Date of birth
2 September 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Newark, Wayne County, New York
Hometown
Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-1317191
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
La Roumiere in the Battle of the Bulge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 12 53

Immediate family

Members
Silas R. Peirson (father)
Grace R. (Sheffield) Peirson (mother)
Elizabeth (Frost) Peirson (wife)
Rik Peirson (son)
Richard F. Peirson (son)

Biography

http://www.awon.org/peirson.html

More information

It took three frontal attacks on La Roumiere to win the hill from the Germans -- one on Christmas Eve, and two more on Christmas morning. By the time the 75th watched Hogan's men tramp safely through their positions late on Christmas Day, the 75th had lost more than 250 officers and men, my Dad among them. Many more were wounded, including my Mom, who got The Telegram a few days later in Pittsburgh, when I was four months old. Dad was buried with his buddies and still remains at Henri-Chapelle, in Belgium.
Lieutenant Peirson was killed in action while leading his platoon on the north side of the Belgian Bulge.

1st Lt John S. S. Peirson is remembered at Newark Cemetery, Newark, Wayne County, New York.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.awon.org/fathers1.html,
John Gerlosky, Bulletin of Yale University Obituary Record of Graduates

Photo source: Jac Engels, http://www.awon.org/peirson.html, www.findagrave.com - Ray and Paula