World War II Honoree

Donald Ward Petersen

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Hinckley, Utah

Honored By

Richard Neil Petersen

Relationship

Son

TOP TURRET GUNNER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 484TH BOMBER GROUP, 825TH SQUADRON. SHOT DOWN JUNE 13, 1944. SPENT 11 MONTHS AS A PRISONER OF WAR. HE WAS IN STALAG LUFT IV AND WAS IN THE EUROPEAN BREAD MARCH, FEBRUARY TO MAY 1945. RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES ABOARD AN LST. MEDALS RECEIVED: GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 STARS, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AIR MEDAL WITH 2 CLUSTERS, PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL.