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Personal info

Full name
PETERSON, Fred Wharton
Date of birth
21 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Warren County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Warren County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33410647
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
56th Armored Engineer Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
Near Prum, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 14 16

Immediate family

Members
Otto P. Peterson (father)
Caroline F. Peterson (mother)

More information

Fred W. Peterson he enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 28 January 1943.

T/5 Fred W. Peterson was attempting to move the platoon tool truck and trailer, containing several hundreds pounds of explosives, when it blew up.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.11tharmoreddivision.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Jac Engels, Warren High School 1940