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 Part 33/47 of the Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster, 21 "Pa-Pe" records
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† Pagh, Amos Christian, SN 0-1-325-790, US Army, Douglas Co., NE

b. 1 May 1920 Coulter, Franklin Co.; s/o Hans Pagh & Hilma K. Larsen, both b. Denmark; family moved to Co. Bluffs in early 1920s, to Omaha in 1936, and eventually to North Hollywood, Los Angeles Co., CA.
entered service 21 Mar 1942 from Omaha; service credited to Douglas Co., NE; buried Epinal American Cem., SE of Epinal, Vosges Dept., Lorraine, France.
397th Inf. Regt., 100th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 14 Nov 1944, near Raon L’Etape, SE of Baccarat, Vosges Dept., Lorraine, France.
Military Note: posthumous Silver Star recipient.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Lorraine-Alsace, Fall 1944 > Lorraine/Seventh Army

† Parker, Arlo Berry, SN 37-195-236, US Army Air Force, Webster Co.

b. 16 Jun 1909 Co. Bluffs; s/o Arlo L. Parker (b. Correctionville, Woodbury Co.) & Mary A Cuffe (b. Roberts Co., SD; d. 1943); family moved to South Dakota by 1915 and to Sioux City, Woodbury Co. by 1917; parents divorced before 1920; children lived with mother or mother's relatives; father remained in Sioux City.
living in Fort Dodge, Webster Co. by 1931; married Eleanor D. Reardon of Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co. Mar 1936 in Webster Co.
entered service 19 May 1942 from Fort Dodge, Webster Co.; service credited to Webster Co.; buried Memorial Park Cem., Fort Dodge.
43rd Bomb. Gp., Fifth Air Force; DNB 7 Jun 1945, 249th General Hospital, Fort Stotsenburg, Luzon, Philippines, cerebral hemorrhage.
WWII Japan > Air Force War with Japan > Fifth Air Force

† Parks, George Harvey, SN 0-751-951, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

b. 19 Sep 1915 Co. Bluffs; s/o Harvey C. Parks (b. Co. Bluffs) & Anna B. Woodruff (b. Ulster Co., NY).
enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, CA from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Walnut Hill Cem., Co. Bluffs.
717 Bomb. Sqdn., 449 Bomb. Gp., Fifteenth Air Force, based at Grottaglie, near Taranto, Apulia, Italy; Consolidated B-24H Liberator #42-52136 Superstitious Al-o-ysious bombardier; KIA 2 Apr 1944 near Windischgarsten, south of Steyr, Austria; collision with two other B-24s, Peerless Clipper and Miss Behavin; no survivors from crew of ten.
WWII Germany > The MTO > MTO Air War

† Patton, John A., SN 37-463-856, US Army, Page Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA

b. 10 Jul 1922 Fremont Co.; s/o George H. Patton (b. Juniata Co., PA; d. 1941) & Emma L. Kelly (b. Summit Co., OH); family moved to Coin, Page Co. vicinity in 1929.
moved to Omaha to work in late 1930s; worked briefly in Los Angeles Co. before entering service.
entered service 14 Nov 1942 from Box 205, Coin, Page Co., service credited to Los Angeles Co., CA; buried Henri-Chapelle American Cem., Hombourg, 25 miles east of Liege, Belgium.
Co. F, 504th Parachute Inf. Regt., 82nd Airborne Div., XVIII Airborne Corps, attached to First Army; KIA 2 Feb 1945, Siegfried Line, near Udenbreth, SE of Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Siegfried Line, 1945 > First US Effort

† Paulsen, Laverne Henry, SN 37-445-364, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 26 Dec 1921 rural Avoca, Pott Co.; s/o Alfred G. Paulsen & Minnie K. Russmann, both b. rural Avoca, Pott. Co.; family lived SW of Avoca in James Twp. SW.
living in Henry Russman household in rural Hancock, Valley Twp., Pott. Co. in 1940.
entered service 27 Nov 1942 from Hancock, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Graceland Cem., Avoca, Pott. Co..
Recon. Co., 66th Armored Regt., 2nd Armored Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 29 Jul 1944 south of St. Lo, Manche, Normandy, France.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Liberation > Operation Cobra

† Paulsen, LeRoy Peter, SN 37-446-618, US Army, Carroll Co.

b. 8 Nov 1914 Hayes Twp., Crawford Co.; s/o Peter P. Paulsen (b. O'Brien Co.; d. 1940) & Cora Alvina Wever (b. Gray, Audubon Co.).
married Viola Lucille Davidson of Glidden Feb 1943 at Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto Co., TX, one child.
entered service 4 Dec 1942 from Glidden, Carroll Co.; service credited to Carroll Co.; buried Manning Cem., Carroll Co.
Co. E, 12th Inf. Regt., 4th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; regiment attached temporarily to 28th Inf. Div.; KIA 10 Nov 1944 along Weisser Weh, in Hürtgen-Germeter sector, Hürtgen Forest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Rhineland, Fall 1945 > Hürtgen Forest

† Paulsen, Vernon Nels, SN 0-1-308-538, US Army, Shelby Co.

b. 12 May 1915 Jacksonville, Shelby Co.; s/o Nels Peter Paulsen & Dora K. Christensen (d. 1940), both b. Denmark.
school teacher living in Harlan, Shelby Co. in 1940.
entered service Jun 1941 from Rt. 2, Harlan, Shelby Co.; buried Harlan Cem.
Co. H, 324th Inf. Regt., 44th Inf. Div., XV Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 8 Dec 1944 approaching Maginot Line, near Siersthal, west of Bitche, Moselle Dept., Lorraine, France.
Military Note: The German Wehrmacht used French Maginot Line fortifications around Metz and near Bitche in Lorraine and Alsace to stymie the advancing US Third and Seventh Armies.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Lorraine-Alsace, Fall 1944 > Alsace/Seventh Army

† Paulson, Ralph Loyd, SN 428,145, US Marine Corps, Story Co.

b. 1923 Ames, Story Co.; s/o Melvin B. Paulson (b. Codington Co., SD) & Louise C. Petersen (b. Boomer Twp., Pott. Co.); family lived in Ames; parents divorced.
RAC's Family History Note: Ralph Paulson's mother was sister of my uncle by marriage, Louis Petersen, and was raised in the Danish-American community west of Neola, Iowa.
entered service 21 Jul 1942 from Ames, Story Co.; next of kin mother, Mrs. Louise C. Paulson, 615 11th St., Ames, IA; buried Natl. Cem. of the Pacific, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
Co. E, 6th Marine Regt., 2nd Marine Div.; KIA 27 Nov 1943 Buariki Is., Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands.
Military Note: Ralph Paulson died, along with Max Rommel of Pottawattamie and Fremont Cos. and others, in what I believe was the last action on the last day of the Battle of Tarawa.
WWII Japan > Central Pacific > Gilbert Islands @ Battle of Tarawa

† Pearce, Lawrence Gilbert, SN 37-189-235, US Army, Montgomery Co.

b. 8 Apr 1920 Red Oak, Montgomery Co.; s/o Carl A. Pearce (b. near Shenandoah, Page Co.) & June E. Hull (b. Iowa).
service entry data unknown; service credited to Montgomery Co.; buried Evergreen Cem., Red Oak.
Co. B, 137th Inf. Regt., 35th Inf. Div., XIX Corps, First Army; KIA 18 Jul 1944 near St. Lo, Manche Dept., Normandy, France.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > Normandy, July 1944

† Pedersen, Oscar Holst (served as Holst, Oscar), SN 37-126-291, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 4 Apr 1914 Herning, Midtjylland, Denmark; s/o Jens Holst Pedersen & Else Marie Jensen, both b. & d. in Denmark.
immigrated to Co. Bluffs; brother of Henry H. Peterson of Co. Bluffs.
service entry data unknown; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Herning Kirkegaard, Herning, Midjylland, Denmark.
Battery B, 320th Glider Field Artillery Bn., 82nd Airborne Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 18 Jun 1944, near Douve River west of Ste. Mere-Eglise, Manche Dept., Normandy, France.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > Normandy, June 1944

† Pedersen, Roy Marion Jr., SN 0-2-071-822, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

b. 19 Aug 1923 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o Roy M. Pedersen (b. Harlan, Shelby Co.) & Zola G. McFarland (b. Atlantic, Cass Co.); family lived in several locations in rural Cass and Pott. Cos. before moving to a farm near Avoca, Pott. Co. in 1938.
entered service 16 Feb 1943 from rural Avoca, Pott. Co.; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Atlantic Cem., Cass Co.
866th Bomb. Sqdn., 494th Bomb. Gp., Seventh Air Force, based at Yontan, Okinawa; Consolidated B-24J Liberator #44-40680 Lonesome Lady navigator with pilot Thomas C. Cartwright; KIA 28 Jul 1945, over Kure Harbor, Kyushu, Japan; aircraft shot down by flak on mission against Japanese battleship Haruna.
Note: of the crew of ten, Roy M. Pedersen's body was found on nearby land; two, including the pilot, survived as POWs; seven died as POWs 6 Aug 1945 from the Hiroshima atomic bomb. This story is documented in the book, A Date with the Lonesome Lady: A Hiroshima POW Returns, by Thomas C. Cartwright.
WWII Japan > Air Force War with Japan > Seventh Air Force

† Pedersen, Silas Clyde, SN 0-1-019-087, US Army, Audubon Co.

b. 20 Jan 1920 Elk Horn, Shelby Co., IA; s/o Soren C. Pedersen (b. Denmark; d. 1938) & Meta M. Gregersen (b. Howard Co.); family moved to Audubon, Audubon Co. in early 1920s and to Kimballton, Audubon Co. in late 1920s.
married Barbara M. Swanson of Nebraska Apr 1943 in Santa Barbara Co., CA, one child.
entered service 7 Jan 1942 from Kimballton, Audubon Co., service credited to Audubon Co.; buried Epinal American Cem., SE of Epinal, Manche Dept., Lorraine, France.
191st Tank Bn., attached to 45th Inf. Div., XV Corps, Seventh Army; KIA 5 Oct 1944 probably NE of Epinal near Rambervillers, Vosges Dept., Lorraine, France during Seventh Army's advance eastward into the Vosges foothills.
Military Note: posthumous Silver Star recipient.
WWII Germany >The ETO > Lorraine-Alsace, Fall 1944 > Lorraine/Seventh Army

† Penewit, Gordon R., SN 20-706-207, US Army, Mills & Pott. Cos.

b. 29 Sep 1923 Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA; s/o Jesse Herman Pennewit (b. Greene Co., OH; d. 1926) & Clela Ida Wilson (b. Decatur Co., d. 1928); came to Carson, Pott. Co. with mother at age 2; raised by grandmother Phebe Wilson and aunt Carrie E. Stone at Carson; moved with Aunt Carrie to Glenwood, Mills Co. in early 1930s.
entered service with National Guard 10 Feb 1941 at Glenwood, Mills Co.; service credited to Mills Co.; buried Carson Cem., Pott. Co.
Co. I (Glenwood), 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div.; detached to British 6th Commando Battalion; KIA 22 Nov 1942, Souk Ahras, NE Algeria.
WWII Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Race to Tunis

† Petersen, Marvin Lee, SN 37-752-434, US Army, Audubon Co.

b. 7 Jul 1926 rural Exira, Greeley Twp., Audubon Co.; s/o Arthur B. Petersen (b. Iowa) & Violet L. Esbeck (b. Audubon Co.).
entered service 19 Sep 1944 from Rt. 3, Exira, Audubon Co.; service credited to Audubon Co.; buried Exira Cem.
Medical Detachment, 182nd Inf. Regt., Americal (23rd Inf.) Div.; DOW 14 Apr 1945 Cebu Is., Philippines.
WWII Japan > Philippines Liberated > Southern Philippines

† Peterson, Charles William, SN 37-651-229, US Army Air Force, Harrison Co.

b. 8 Nov 1920 Woodbine, Harrison Co.; s/o Willie Peterson (b. Portsmouth, Shelby Co.) & Edna L. McGee (b. Woodbine, Harrison Co.).
entered service 26 Dec 1942 from Woodbine, Harrison Co.; service credited to Harrison Co.; buried Woodbine Cem.
49th Bomb. Wing, Fifteenth Air Force; based at Castelluccia,15 km south of Foggia, Italy; invalided to Bruns General Hospital, Santa Fe, NM Apr 1945; d. in hospital 24 Sep 1945, tuberculosis.

† Peterson, Harlan Howard Luther, SN 0-790-955, US Army Air Force, Montgomery Co.

b. 10 Nov 1920 rural Stanton, Scott Twp., Montgomery Co.; s/o Luther C. Peterson & Hilda E. Lundberg, both b. Montgomery Co..
married Jean L. Hilbert of Omaha Oct 1942 in Omaha.
entered service 15 Oct 1941/19 Jan 1942 from Rt. 1, Stanton, Montgomery Co.; service credited to Montgomery Co.; body not recovered; memorialized Walls of the Missing; Manila American Cem., Luzon, Philippines; cenotaph Mamrelund Cem., Stanton, Montgomery Co.
500th Bomb. Sqdn., 345th Bomb. Gp., Fifth Air Force; based at 7 Mile Drome, near Port Moresby but staging at Dobodura, New Guinea; North American B-25D-1 Mitchell Sorry Satchul #41-30056 pilot; KIA 18 Oct 1943 after skip bombing & strafing attack on Japanese ship at Rabaul, New Britain; unescorted flight of three B-25s attacked by multiple Japanese aircraft; Sorry Satchul and SNAFU shot down, Tondelayo survived; Sorry Satchul crew of six all died.
Military Note: The three bomber crews are credited with shooting down multiple Japanese aircraft, and all crew members received Silver Stars.
WWII Japan > US Air Force War with Japan > Fifth Air Force

† Peterson, Harry Earl, SN 37-138-626, US Army, Pott. Co.

b. 6 Nov 1908 Hazelton, Emmons Co., ND; s/o William A. Peterson (b. Co. Bluffs) & Dora C. Sergent (b. Sac Co.); family moved to rural Co. Bluffs before 1913.
married Carrie Irene Moore of Co. Bluffs Dec 1927 in Pott. Co., three children, divorced about 1940; moved to Kansas City, MO in 1930s while wife and children moved to Los Angeles Co., CA; married Opal M. Payne Sep 1941 in Jackson Co., MO.
unknown service entry data; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Garner Twp. Cem., Pott. Co.
357th Inf. Regt., 90th Inf. Div., XV Corps, Third Army; KIA 3 Aug 1944 near Avranches, Manche Dept., Normandy, France from small arms fire.
WWII Germany > The ETO > Liberation > Normandy Aug 1944

† Peterson, Jack, SN 321-78-55, US Navy, Shelby Co.

b. 5 Jun 1924 Harlan, Shelby Co.; s/o Harlan Peterson (b. Harlan) & Ethalyn A. Weimer (b. Irwin, Shelby Co.).
entered service 22 Jun 1942 from Harlan, Shelby Co.; next of kin father, Mr. Harlan Peterson, 802 4th St., Harlan, IA; body not recovered; memorialized Tablets of the Missing, East Coast Memorial, Battery Park, Manhattan, NY.
destroyer USS Brownson (DD-518); DNB 6 Apr 1943, Atlantic Ocean; lost overboard.
WWII Germany > Battle of the Atlantic

† Petrus, Richard Marvin, SN 17-148-212, US Army Air Force, Pott. Co.

b. 14 Jul 1925 Memphis, Shelby Co., TN; s/o John B. Petrus Sr. (b. Alexander Co., IL) & Lyda L. Moore (b. Marshall Co., MS); family moved to Co. Bluffs about 1930.
entered service 3 Feb 1944 from Co. Bluffs; service credited to Pott. Co.; buried Cedar Lawn Cem., Co. Bluffs.
706th Bomb. Sqdn., 466 Bomb. Gp., Eighth Air Force, based at Bungay/Flixton, Suffolk, England; Consolidated B-24 Liberator #42-50790 tail gunner; KIA 11 Apr 1945 SW of Bungay/Flixton; two returning bombers collided, no survivors.
WWII Germany > The ETO > ETO Air War > Eighth Air Force

† Pettie, Vernon Gerard, SN 648-57-95, US Navy, Pott. Co.

b. 8 Jul 1923 Co. Bluffs; s/o Sidney R. Pettie (Centerville, Appanoose Co.) & Blanche A. Kinney (b. Omaha).
married Clara M. Klausmeier of Oklahoma City Mar 1943 in Omaha, one child.
entered service 19 Oct 1942 from Co. Bluffs; buried Fort Snelling Natl. Cem., Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN.
Fleet Hospital #114, Leyte Gulf, Manicani Is., Guinan, Samar Is., Philippines; d. 8 Apr 1945, Samar Is., drowning.
WWII Japan > The Pacific Base Areas

† Petty, John Clarence Jr., SN 0-281-279, US Army, Polk Co.

b. 1 Mar 1904 Atlantic, Cass Co.; s/o Charles C. Petty (b. Boone, Boone Co.) & Mabel A. Spangler (b. Whiteside Co., IL).
married Catherine J. Duncan May 1928 in Adel, Dallas Co., four children.
entered service 10 Feb 1941 from Des Moines; service credited to Polk Co.; buried Highland Cem., Des Moines.
Commanding Officer, 1st Bn., 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div; WIA 1 Feb 1943 Second Battle of Sened Station, Tunisia; DOW 12 Feb 1943 Tunisia.
WWII Germany > The MTO > North Africa > Tunisia > Second Battle of Sened Station

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