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Personal info

Full name
PETERSON, Roy Clarence
Date of birth
29 December 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Saginaw, Ishpeming County, Michigan
Hometown
Tilden, Marquette County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36182814
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Near Rohrwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 9 10

Immediate family

Members
Oscar F. Peterson (father)
Anna (Ryan) Peterson (mother)
Laura E. Peterson (sister)
Albert F. Peterson (brother)
Anna J. Peterson (sister)
Arnold O. Peterson (brother)
Leonard C. Peterson (brother)
Myrtle C. Peterson (sister)
William B. Peterson (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Roy C. Peterson graduated from the National Mine High School and was employed by the Marquette County Road Commission for 12 years before he enlisted in Traverse City, Michigan on 12 June 1942.

He was killed by a sniper.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Nancy Yesney Spates Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com -Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / R & S