Name:
Herman E. Peterson
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
6865031
Unit:
60th Coast Artillery Regiment
Date of Death:
1945-02-01
State:
Michigan
Cemetery:
British War Cem., Yokohama, Japan (CWGC)
Plot:
AA-COM
Row:
G-URN
Grave:
2
Decoration:
Comments:
Born in 1912 Gogebic County, MI. Died as a prisoner of war.
From Find a Grave:Staff Sergeant Herman Peterson of Ironwood was taken prisoner by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor in 1942. He has been transferred to a Jap (sic) prison camp at Honshu, Formosa. He is the son of the late Mr and Mrs Albert Peterson. He entered the Army in 1937. The Ironwood Daily Globe, March 30, 1945.