Roy H. Peterson | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	O-735443
Unit	812th Bomber Squadron, 482nd Bomber Group, Pursuit
Rank	First Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	Washington
Date of Death	January 11 1944
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Netherlands American Cemetery AM Begraafplaats 1 6269 NA Margraten Netherlands

812th Bomber Squadron, 482nd Bomber Group, Pursuit

Air Medal

Purple Heart

Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart. His remains were recovered and buried at the Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.

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.