Peters Earl Leroy

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Earl Leroy Peters is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

2Lt Gillespie and 2Lt Peters Memorial

Name:

Earl Leroy Peters

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-756683

Unit:

393rd Fighter Squadron, 367th Fighter Group

Date of Death:

1944-06-17

State:

California

Cemetery:

Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart

Comments:

Earl Leroy Peters was born in 1922 in Montana. He was the son of James P. Peters.

Earl served in the 393rd Fighter Squadron, 367th Fighter Group, as a Second Lieutenant and Pilot of the P-38 #42-68060 during World War II.

On June 17, 1944, he took off at Station 452 airfield in Stoney Cross, England, for an attack mission to the marshaling yards of Epernon, France. At 2:35 PM, he was shot down by an Me109 fighter, crashing his plane into the commune of Maillebois.

2Lt Peters is now buried in the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, francecrashes39-45.net