World War II
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Fallen
Circumstances:
Died in service in Italy
Biography:
Albert Clinton Peterson was born in Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota on June 19, 1926, to Albert Clinton and Sarah Rose "Sadie" Libby Peterson. He entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 23, 1944, and served in the European African Middle Eastern Theater. Private Peterson died in service of drowning on June 27, 1945, in Italy and is buried at Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, Southpark Section R Veterans-A.


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