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Personal info

Full name
PETERSON, Marold Gordon
Date of birth
22 December 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Leal, Barnes County, North Dakota
Hometown
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37589813
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
22 April 1945
Place of death
Bad Orb, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 28 44

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Ives (father)
Harry G. Peterson (stepfather)
Elsie Peterson (mother)
Violet I. (Buege) Peterson (wife)
David G. Peterson (son)

More information

Pfc Marold G. Peterson was a chauffeur at WPA Project.
He enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 18 February 1944

He was taken prisoner of war in the vicinity of Schlausenberg, Germany on 16 December 1944 and was imprisoned at Stalag IX-B Germany. The camp was liberated on 4 April 1945 by the U.S Army.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Minnesota Birth Index, http://www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Marshall and Mary