Military Involvement
| Servicemen * Pe - surnames |
Carroll Henry Peck was born May 3, 1926 to Henry E. and Irene S. Lepper Peck. He died June 15, 1996 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, IA.
Carroll served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Dana Richard Perrin was born July 16, 1925 to Delbert D. and Mary Goodwin Perrin. He died July 5, 1999 and is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cherokee, IA.
Dana served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
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Jack George Perrin was born July 3, 1920 to Delbert D. and Mary Goodwin Perrin. He died Aug. 26, 2010 and is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cherokee, IA.
Jack served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 390th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force on a B-17 crew as a tail gunner. His plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Belgium on his first combat mission; however, the plane with the crew returned to England to fly 24 more combat missions. He served with distinction and was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and 3 Battle Stars.
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Charles E. Perrin was born June 18, 1927 to Delbert D. and Mary Goodwin Perrin.
Charles served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Seabees.
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Delbert L.”Junebug" Perrin was born Feb. 13, 1924 to Delbert D. and Mary Goodwin Perrin. He died Sept. 19, 2003 and is buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Mississippi and has a cenotaph in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cherokee, IA.
Delbert served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com
Roy Willis Petersen was born Nov. 25, 1913 to William Edward and Bertha Petersen. He died Nov. 9, 2001 and is buried in Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery, Storm Lake, IA.
Roy served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and was WIA. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com
Elmo Arthur Peterson was born Dec 17, 1914 to Carl A. and Edna Stevenson Peterson. He died Apr. 21, 2002 and is buried in Grandview Cemetery, Quimby, IA.
Elmo served in World War II with the U.S. Army.
Source: ancestry.com
Leonard Carl Peterson was born about Oct. 13 1914 to August and Frieda Matson Peterson. He died July 28, 1973 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, IA.
Leonard served in World War II with the U.S. Navy at the Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Boat Pool).
Source: ancestry.com
Marvin Carl Peterson was born May 10, 1921 to Carl Gustaf and Annie Adina Victoria Swanson Peterson. He died Sept. 1, 1981 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
Reuben E. Peterson was born July 22, 1919 to Carl E. and Anna M. Mork Peterson.
Reuben served in World War II with the U.S. Army 146th Field Artillery Battalion.
Source: ancestry.com
Robert Joseph Petrucka was born June 14, 1920 to Joseph and Joan Homa Petrucka. He died Sept 9, 1995 and is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Cherokee, IA.
Lt. Petrucka served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 42nd Bombardment Group, Medium, 13th Air Force.
Source: ancestry.com
ServiceMen Research done by WWII Researcher, Pat Holt Juon, Apr 2019; updated Nov 2019 & Aug 2022