Paul Stanley Peterson, 22 years of age, was born on February 26, 1922 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. He was the son of Verna and Paul Peterson. He moved with his family to the Nisland area in 1932 and attended schools there, graduating from Nisland High School in 1940.

Stanley attended Spearfish normal school in Spearfish for a year and a half. He married Dorothy Russell from Wanblee, SD. When Stanley entered the service he received training with the 194th Glider Infantry at Camp Mackall, NC., and then in August of 1944 he was transferred to Camp Forrest, TN, with the 17th Airborne Division, this group sailed to Europe for further training England. Paul was one of the 33 service members who were killed on site when a Horsa glider crashed on tookoff on December 12, 1944 at Greenham Common Airbase, England. He is now buried in the Pine Slope Cemetery, Belle Fourche, Butte County, South Dakota, USA.

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