Peters, Gale Clifford (1927 - 1994): Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

1927 - 1994 (66 years)

Name	Peters, Gale Clifford
Birth	27 Apr 1927	Illinois [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Reference Number	PETE.G001
_FGRAVE	18363713
Military Service	World War II, Seaman Second Class, USS ATTU CVE 102, United States Navy [3]
	Enlisted and entered active service on May 15, 1945 at Springfield, Illinois. Completed boot camp at Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, and served aboard the Casablanca-Class Escort Carrier USS ATTU CE-102, and the Haskell-Class Attack Transport USS Brookings APA-140. Honorably discharged as a Seaman Second Class on July 20, 1946 at the Naval Personnel Separation Center, Saint Louis, Missouri. Earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission. Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2282604
		Apprentice Seaman (AS), United States Navy, World War II The piping for this rating was worn on the right shoulder Source: https://www.uniform-reference.net/insignia/insignia_index.html
		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
		Military Service Ribbons, Peters, Gale Clifford (1927-1994) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
		United States Navy
		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
		World War II Honoree, Peters, Gale Clifford (1927-1994)
		Apprentice Seaman (AS), US Navy, WWII, (Piping) The piping for this rating was worn on the right shoulder Source: https://www.uniform-reference.net/insignia/insignia_index.html
		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
		List of Hull Classifications, United States Navy
		Naval Station Great Lakes, North Chicago, Illinois
		World War II (1939-1945)
		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
		United States Navy
		United States Navy Enlisted Rates
		USS Attu (CVE-102), United States Navy
		USS Brookings (APA-140), United States Navy
		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
Death	28 Feb 1994 [1]
Burial	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois [1]
Burial		Headstone, Peters, Gale C. Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
Person ID	I26793	Carl Wayne Gray Research
Last Modified	6 May 2024

Father	Peters, Alfred H., b. 1896, Illinois
Mother	?, Cathryn, b. 1904, Illinois
Family ID	F11514	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Sources

[S7573] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Peters, Gale C., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Peters&GSiman=1&GScid=105163&GRid=18363713&) (Reliability: 2).
[S36] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-3) (Village), image 28, page 14a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00052?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2).
[S14822] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, Gale Clifford Peters, (https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2282604) (Reliability: 2).