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Peterson Allen J.

Name:
Allen J. Peterson
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
304th Troop Carrier Squadron, 442nd Troop Carrier Group
Date of Death:
1943-10-23
State:
California
Cemetery:
National Memorial Cem. of the Pacific, Hawaii
Plot:
A
Row:
Grave:
64
Decoration:
Comments:

Allen J. Peterson was born on July 20, 1920. He was the son of Albert Edward Peterson and Barbara Harriet Jones Gallion. Allen served in the US Air Corps as a First Lieutenant during World War II. He was killed co-piloting C-46A Commando #41-24648 in a crash in C-B-I (China-Burma-India) theater of operation on October 23, 1943. 1Lt Peterson is now buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA. He was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.