Staff Sergeant Severn W Peterson in uniform photo

World War II (WWII)
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MIA

County:
Ramsey

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Air Force

Rank:
Staff Sergeant

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
703rd Bomber Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
445th Bomber Group, Heavy

Circumstances:

Died while in MIA status. Killed aboard a B-24 bomber which crashed on a flight from Bouniquen field, Puerto Rico, by way of Waller field, Trinidad to Atkinson field, British Guiana.

Biography:

Memorialized at the East Coast Memorial in New York.