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Personal info

Full name
PETERSON, Lyle Willard
Date of birth
15 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Sherwood, Renville County, North Dakota
Hometown
Sherwood, Renville County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
37597138
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 March 1945
Place of death
Mühlberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 32 34

Immediate family

Members
Harold A. Peterson (father)
Mathilda (Johnson) Peterson (mother)
Gladys Peterson (sister)
Harry T. Peterson (brother)
Herman R. Peterson (brother)
Raymond M. Peterson (brother)
Glenn H. Peterson (brother)
Donald J. Peterson (brother)
Helen G. (Magnuson) Peterson (wife)
Lois W. Peterson (daughter)

More information

Pvt Lyle W. Peterson was employed at the Idaho Maryland Mining Corporation before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 22 June 1944.

He was taken prisoner and died in Stalag IV-B.

He is remembered at the Union Cemetery in North Dakota.

His brother Glenn H. Peterson is remembered on the Walls of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Lois W. Wisner, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Peterson Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Kateb, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com – American Legion, www.ancestry.com – Mjwinget / Gregg Magnuson