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Personal info

Full name
PETERS, James Francis
Date of birth
18 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42004123
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
Near Merzig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 43 29

Immediate family

Members
Bertram A. Peters (father)
Helen M. (Foohey) Peters (mother)
Mary Peters (sister)
John B. Peters (brother)
Victor J. Peters (brother)
William A. Peters (brother)
Margaret A. Peters (sister)
Stephen R. Peters (brother)
Kathryn Peters (sister)
Theresa E. Peters (sister)
Edna Peters (sister)

More information

T/5 James F. Peters graduated from Dickinson High School and was employed at the American Can Company.

Before he enlisted into the Army on 4 August 1943, Peters had attempted to enlist in the Navy three times and in the U.S. Marine Corps once, but was rejected each time due to an eye defect.

On the evening of 13 March 1945, he tended to the wounds of a soldier from another company. He then notified his platoon leader that he would return to his unit after checking for other casualties within that neighboring unit. He never returned.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, The Jersey Journal - 19 
April 1945/13 April 1946

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Jersey Journal - 19 April 1945/13 April 1946