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Personal info

Full name
PETERS, Upton Stanley
Date of birth
17 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Niceville, Okaloosa County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34583235
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 14 68

Immediate family

Members
Guy H. Peters (father)
Helen G. (Manchester) Meigs (mother)
Claude G. Meigs (stepfather)
Lyman L. Peters (brother)
Guy H. Peters (brother)
Carlton P. Peters (brother)

More information

Pvt Upton S. Peters was married to Marjorie Lewis in 1938. The couple was later divorced.

He was a fisherman before he enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 1 December 1942.

Pvt Peters was reported wounded in action in the vicinity of Werbemont, Belgium and died three days later.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Peter Schouteten, Ralph Peeters, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, www.newspapers.com - Pensacola News Journal, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.newspapers.com - Pensacola News Journal 25 February 1945