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Bernard John Petersen

Birth: 28 Jun 1923
Death: 6 Jun 1944 (aged 20)
Basse-Normandie, France
Burial: Logan Cemetery

Logan, Harrison County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot: Block F row 9 GPS ~N41.64914 W95.78436 ~elev. 1104'
Memorial ID: 82211057 View Source

Bernard Petersen was on the Destroyer USS Corry that led the invasion of Normandy to Utah Beach. The Destroyer was sunk with the loss of 24 men on June 6, 1944

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Otto M. Black

1897–1984

Spouse

Beatrice Mae Gullickson

1923–2003

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Bernard John Petersen

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Otto M. Black