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Personal info

Full name
PETERSON, Clarence Eugene
Date of birth
8 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas
Hometown
Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38417107
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
Volksberg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 3 22

Immediate family

Members
Clarence E. Peterson (father)
Celia L. (Sharp) Peterson (mother)
Ralph K. Peterson (brother)
Christeen Peterson (sister)
William J. Peterson (brother)
Alma R. Peterson (sister)
Roxie E. Peterson (wife)

More information

Pfc Clarence E. Peterson worked on a farm before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Dallas, Texas on 24 March 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com

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