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Personal info

Full name
PETERSON, William Robert
Date of birth
21 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
West Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31262342
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Near Bergkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 5 43

Immediate family

Members
William C. Peterson (father)
Elizabeth J. (Dalrymple) Peterson (mother)

More information

Pfc William R. Peterson attended Fitchburg High School and was attending teachers college before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 8 April 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Donald Gordon Dalrymple, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - Fitchburg Sentinel 27 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Fitchburg High School 1942 Boulder Yearbook