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Show WAR CASUALTIES Two Cache county servicemen have been killed in action and another was wounded while serving serv-ing with the armed forces in Belgium, Bel-gium, according to war department depart-ment casualty reports of the past few days. They ore Lieutenant (j.g.) Glen Elmer Peterson, 26, son of Sir. and Mrs. Dean F. Peterson, North Logan, killed in the Tacific theater as result of a tropical storm. Technician Fifth Grade Rodney Rod-ney E. Lundquist, 21, son of Mrs. Eugenia H. Lundquist, Smith-field, Smith-field, killed in action December 23 in Belgium. Pirvate First Class Florin M. Rose, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester T. Rose, Hyrum, wounded in action ac-tion Dec. 18 in Belgium. Lieutenant Peterson, fourth officer of-ficer on a destroyer, also acting as chaplain and morale officer, was killed while at sea in the Pacific Pa-cific theater as the result of a tropical storm. No date of the incident in-cident was announced but family members learned he had been buried at sea. Lieutenant Peterson was born November 12, 1918 in Delta, a son of Dean F. and Lucille Crookston Peterson. He was educated in DeL ta schools and was graduated from Utah State Agricultural college col-lege in 1941. Before enlisting in the service, he was employed at the - county welfare office for one year. He trained at Corpus Christi, Texas, and Hanover, N. H., before receiving receiv-ing his commission. He was promoted pro-moted to his present rank about six months ago. Survivors include his widow, Frances Hansen Peterson, making her home in Monticello; his parents, par-ents, North Logan, two brothers, Lieutenant (j.g.) Dean F. Peterson Jr., Melbourn, Fls. and Lieutenant Eldred R. Petersot,. , win . V.i-; .vay in the Philippines, and three Sisters, Sis-ters, Mrs. Cleo Vargas, Albany, Cal.; Mrs. Joan Stuart, Woodruff; Helen Peterson, North Logan, and a, grandmother, Mrs. Christine Peterson Monroe, Salina. Technician Lundquist, was a tank maintenance crew, was killed Dec. 23 in action in Belgium, presumably pre-sumably with the First army. He was born October 16, 1923 in Smithfield schools and attended Utah State Agricultural college before be-fore entering the service. He had been overseas for 10 months and in the armed forces for more than two years. Survivors include his mother, who is visiting in Portland, Ore., with a son, Ebert N. Lundquist, and the following other brothers and sisters, Milton R. Lundquist, Og-den; Og-den; Charles H. Lundquist, Smith-field; Smith-field; Eugent B. Lundquist Logan; Harold E. Lundquist, Los Angeles, Cal., and a grandmother, Mrs. Catherine Harris, Hyde Park. Private Rose, whose wife lives in Wellsville, was wounded December Decem-ber 18 while lighting with U. S. forces in Belgium. He is receiving medical treatment in a Paris hospital. hos-pital. Overseas for the past six months, he trained at Camp Fan- nin. Tex., and Fort Meade, Md. |
