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Personal info

Full name
WELLING, Peter Clarence
Date of birth
28 March 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O1011635
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
4th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity Blainville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 94

Immediate family

Members
Peter A. Welling (father)
Mary M. (Spang) Welling (mother)
Mary A. Welling (sister)
Margaret A. Welling (sister)
Arthur J. Welling (brother)
Florence Welling (sister)
Genieve K. Welling (sister)
Josephine M. Welling (sister)

More information

1st Lt Peter C. Welling enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 14 March 1941.

The platoon was ordered to make a patrol deep into enemy territory in the vicinity of Blainville, France for the purpose of investigating Meurthe River crossings. On the outskirts of Blainville, they met heavy machine gun and small arms fire. Lt Welling maneuvered his platoon into the most favorable position, but doing so he necessarily exposed himself above the turret of his armored car and was killed by small arms.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - headstone and Interment Record - 1920/1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - CABW

Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com - Mary Beth Riedner