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Personal info

Full name
PETERSEN, Walter
Date of birth
18 January 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
20607560
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
North of Grémecey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 10 24

Immediate family

Members
Christian Petersen (father)
Florence (Cook) Petersen (mother)
Richard N. Petersen (brother)
Evelyn Petersen (sister)
Loretta Petersen (sister)
Daisy L. Petersen (sister)
Lorraine Petersen (sister)
Adaline Petersen (sister)
Opal Petersen (sister)
Harold A. Petersen (brother)

More information

Pfc Walter Petersen was a driver before he joined the National Guard in Chicago, Illinois on 5 March 1941.
He was killed by small arms fire in his stomach and chest.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Poles and Scandinavians Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman
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