World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Cass
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
Special Troops Battalion
Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
10th Mountain Division
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968
Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater
Biography:
Leonard D Petersen was born on June 17, 1903, in Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois to Mr. and Mrs. Jens Petersen and later became a resident of Cass County, North Dakota. He entered The United States Army in Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota on February 10, 1941. He married Mildred Lucille Stolz on December 7, 1933. Lieutenant Colonel Peterson served European African Middle Eastern Theater and died in service on March 8, 1945, in Italy. He was buried on December 2, 1948, in the Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, Plot A 90.
Sources: Ancestry/Find a Grave