Son of Elmer L. Peterson (-1930) and Helen (Hillen) K. O'Toole (1897-1946)
Charles E. Peterson (23 New Jersey) is found in the 1940 United States Federal Census (16 April 1940) for Camp Billis, Bexar County, Texas (sheet 22B, line 58). He was a soldier in the U.S. Army with Company L, 38th Infantry. Charles had lived in Brooklyn, King County, New York in 1935. He was single and had completed 8th grade.
Company C, 31st Infantry Regiment
Abucay, Bataan - "At night, Japanese snipers infiltrated through gaps in the line and climbed trees to await their quarry. Shortly after daybreak on January 21, a sniper's bullet found its victim in C Company. Corporal Charles Peterson lay sprawled in the dirt, quivering, with blood oozing from his temple. In a moment he was still. "Oh God, he's dead, my buddy's dead," sobbed PFC Andrew Nickerson as he stood staring at Peterson's lifeless face."
Source: The Birth of the 31st Infantry Regiment and Beyond, chapter 6, page 27.
Charles E. Peterson (23 New Jersey) is found in the 1940 United States Federal Census (16 April 1940) for Camp Billis, Bexar County, Texas (sheet 22B, line 58). He was a soldier in the U.S. Army with Company L, 38th Infantry. Charles had lived in Brooklyn, King County, New York in 1935. He was single and had completed 8th grade.
Company C, 31st Infantry Regiment
Abucay, Bataan - "At night, Japanese snipers infiltrated through gaps in the line and climbed trees to await their quarry. Shortly after daybreak on January 21, a sniper's bullet found its victim in C Company. Corporal Charles Peterson lay sprawled in the dirt, quivering, with blood oozing from his temple. In a moment he was still. "Oh God, he's dead, my buddy's dead," sobbed PFC Andrew Nickerson as he stood staring at Peterson's lifeless face."
Source: The Birth of the 31st Infantry Regiment and Beyond, chapter 6, page 27.
Son of Elmer L. Peterson (-1930) and Helen (Hillen) K. O'Toole (1897-1946)
Charles E. Peterson (23 New Jersey) is found in the 1940 United States Federal Census (16 April 1940) for Camp Billis, Bexar County, Texas (sheet 22B, line 58). He was a soldier in the U.S. Army with Company L, 38th Infantry. Charles had lived in Brooklyn, King County, New York in 1935. He was single and had completed 8th grade.
Company C, 31st Infantry Regiment
Abucay, Bataan - "At night, Japanese snipers infiltrated through gaps in the line and climbed trees to await their quarry. Shortly after daybreak on January 21, a sniper's bullet found its victim in C Company. Corporal Charles Peterson lay sprawled in the dirt, quivering, with blood oozing from his temple. In a moment he was still. "Oh God, he's dead, my buddy's dead," sobbed PFC Andrew Nickerson as he stood staring at Peterson's lifeless face."
Source: The Birth of the 31st Infantry Regiment and Beyond, chapter 6, page 27.
Charles E. Peterson (23 New Jersey) is found in the 1940 United States Federal Census (16 April 1940) for Camp Billis, Bexar County, Texas (sheet 22B, line 58). He was a soldier in the U.S. Army with Company L, 38th Infantry. Charles had lived in Brooklyn, King County, New York in 1935. He was single and had completed 8th grade.
Company C, 31st Infantry Regiment
Abucay, Bataan - "At night, Japanese snipers infiltrated through gaps in the line and climbed trees to await their quarry. Shortly after daybreak on January 21, a sniper's bullet found its victim in C Company. Corporal Charles Peterson lay sprawled in the dirt, quivering, with blood oozing from his temple. In a moment he was still. "Oh God, he's dead, my buddy's dead," sobbed PFC Andrew Nickerson as he stood staring at Peterson's lifeless face."
Source: The Birth of the 31st Infantry Regiment and Beyond, chapter 6, page 27.
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