Paul Peternell

World War II
Service #33395819
Unit121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service From Pennsylvania
Date of DeathDecember 9 1944
StatusRecovered
Initially Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Plot2
B
Row2
32
Grave2
59
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Notes

PFC Peternell's name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial.

PFC Peternell's remains were recovered, identified and interred at Plot B, Row 32, Grave 59 in 1982.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.