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Lynn Charles Peterson, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Private
serial number:
location:Army Air Corps. 15th Mobile Repair and Replacement Squadron in the Air Offensive Europe, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe.
enlistment date:Oct. 27, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Sept. 29, 1945
place discharged:Camp McCoy, WI
decorations: European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Overseas Service Bar(s)
Presidential [nee Distinguished] Unit Citation (1941-)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 248; (2) Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:Feb. 19, 1922
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:May 6, 1996
father:Axel G. Peterson
mother:Calla L. (Wilson) Peterson
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 9/30/2015