~last update 7/20/2024

Military Involvement

 

Servicemen - P surnames KIA POW DNB Pic/s
Pederson, Adolph N. X      
Petersen, Lawrence        
Peterson, Sidney W. X      
Pickell, Willis Eugene X      
Plath, Reginald Walter        
Prior, John        

John Peta was born Mar. 15, 1916 to John F. and Anna Blazek Peta. He died Feb. 14, 1985 and is buried in East Side Cemetery, Estherville, IA. John served with the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II.

Source: ancestry.com 


Clarence Arthur Peterson was born Nov. 27, 1922 to Gus Augustine and Emma Schultz Peterson. He was MIA Aug. 28, 1945/FOD Nov. 1, 1946 and is memorialized at the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines and has a cenotaph in Oak Hill Cemetery, Estherville, IA.

Sgt. Peterson served in World War II with the U.S. Army Headquarters Company, Service Command ā€œCā€ and was MIA/KIA aboard the USS Rockingham (APA-229) but never debarked at Otaru, Japan. He had served at New Caledonia and was transferred to the Philippines and was scheduled to to to Japan at the time he was reported missing.

Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov



ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Aug 2019; updated Jul 2024

 

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