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Personal info

Full name
PETERS, Kenneth W
Date of birth
20 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Illinois

Military service

Service number
36606404
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 November 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 5 47

Immediate family

Members
Herman Peters (father)
Hattie M. (Kraft) Peters (mother)
Melvin Peters (brother)

More information

At the time of his death the 2nd Infantry Regiment was fighting in the vicinity of Arnaville, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Cook County Illinois Birth Index
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