See Firpo's Wall of Fame.
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Corporal George W. Peck (AS #6576706) killed in action in North Africa (exact location unknown). Purple Heart recipient. George grew up in several locations including Sheridan, Wyoming and Neosho, Missouri.
California
CPL 18 Inf
World War II
SISTER
Doris Mary Peck (1913 - 1960)
World War II, Corporal (CPL), US Army
15 May 1939 Enlisted as Private
8 Nov 1942 Lands Oran, Algeria during North Africa Campaign
6 Mar 1943 George Patton took command of the U.S. II Corps
17 Mar 1943 The U.S. 1st Infantry Division moved forward into the almost abandoned plains, taking the town of Gafsa and preparing it as a forward supply base for further operations
23 Mar 1943 10th Panzer Division attacked Lieutenant-Colonel Robert H. York's 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, and the German tanks broke through the valley between the 3rd and 1st Battalions of the 1st Division, reaching a position about six miles to the rear of the 1st Battalion. In the action, the German tanks and self-propelled guns along with German troops riding in carriers and trucks overran the 32nd Field Artillery Battalion and part of the 5th Field Artillery Battalion, and the Italian High Command reported that 40 tanks had been destroyed and 170 Allied troops had been captured in "central and southern Tunisia".
23 Mar 1943 Killed in action during Battle of El Guettar during Tunisia Campaign, fighting with Company A, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, US II Corps. Headstone application notes that his remains were returned to the US.
Notes on this battle:
Added for Veteran Project on 6 Jan 2024 by Jon M Newton 49832039
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Corporal George W. Peck (AS #6576706) killed in action in North Africa (exact location unknown). Purple Heart recipient. George grew up in several locations including Sheridan, Wyoming and Neosho, Missouri.
California
CPL 18 Inf
World War II
SISTER
Doris Mary Peck (1913 - 1960)
World War II, Corporal (CPL), US Army
15 May 1939 Enlisted as Private
8 Nov 1942 Lands Oran, Algeria during North Africa Campaign
6 Mar 1943 George Patton took command of the U.S. II Corps
17 Mar 1943 The U.S. 1st Infantry Division moved forward into the almost abandoned plains, taking the town of Gafsa and preparing it as a forward supply base for further operations
23 Mar 1943 10th Panzer Division attacked Lieutenant-Colonel Robert H. York's 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, and the German tanks broke through the valley between the 3rd and 1st Battalions of the 1st Division, reaching a position about six miles to the rear of the 1st Battalion. In the action, the German tanks and self-propelled guns along with German troops riding in carriers and trucks overran the 32nd Field Artillery Battalion and part of the 5th Field Artillery Battalion, and the Italian High Command reported that 40 tanks had been destroyed and 170 Allied troops had been captured in "central and southern Tunisia".
23 Mar 1943 Killed in action during Battle of El Guettar during Tunisia Campaign, fighting with Company A, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, US II Corps. Headstone application notes that his remains were returned to the US.
Notes on this battle:
Added for Veteran Project on 6 Jan 2024 by Jon M Newton 49832039
See Firpo's Wall of Fame.
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Corporal George W. Peck (AS #6576706) killed in action in North Africa (exact location unknown). Purple Heart recipient. George grew up in several locations including Sheridan, Wyoming and Neosho, Missouri.
California
CPL 18 Inf
World War II
SISTER
Doris Mary Peck (1913 - 1960)
World War II, Corporal (CPL), US Army
15 May 1939 Enlisted as Private
8 Nov 1942 Lands Oran, Algeria during North Africa Campaign
6 Mar 1943 George Patton took command of the U.S. II Corps
17 Mar 1943 The U.S. 1st Infantry Division moved forward into the almost abandoned plains, taking the town of Gafsa and preparing it as a forward supply base for further operations
23 Mar 1943 10th Panzer Division attacked Lieutenant-Colonel Robert H. York's 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, and the German tanks broke through the valley between the 3rd and 1st Battalions of the 1st Division, reaching a position about six miles to the rear of the 1st Battalion. In the action, the German tanks and self-propelled guns along with German troops riding in carriers and trucks overran the 32nd Field Artillery Battalion and part of the 5th Field Artillery Battalion, and the Italian High Command reported that 40 tanks had been destroyed and 170 Allied troops had been captured in "central and southern Tunisia".
23 Mar 1943 Killed in action during Battle of El Guettar during Tunisia Campaign, fighting with Company A, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, US II Corps. Headstone application notes that his remains were returned to the US.
Notes on this battle:
Added for Veteran Project on 6 Jan 2024 by Jon M Newton 49832039
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Corporal George W. Peck (AS #6576706) killed in action in North Africa (exact location unknown). Purple Heart recipient. George grew up in several locations including Sheridan, Wyoming and Neosho, Missouri.
California
CPL 18 Inf
World War II
SISTER
Doris Mary Peck (1913 - 1960)
World War II, Corporal (CPL), US Army
15 May 1939 Enlisted as Private
8 Nov 1942 Lands Oran, Algeria during North Africa Campaign
6 Mar 1943 George Patton took command of the U.S. II Corps
17 Mar 1943 The U.S. 1st Infantry Division moved forward into the almost abandoned plains, taking the town of Gafsa and preparing it as a forward supply base for further operations
23 Mar 1943 10th Panzer Division attacked Lieutenant-Colonel Robert H. York's 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, and the German tanks broke through the valley between the 3rd and 1st Battalions of the 1st Division, reaching a position about six miles to the rear of the 1st Battalion. In the action, the German tanks and self-propelled guns along with German troops riding in carriers and trucks overran the 32nd Field Artillery Battalion and part of the 5th Field Artillery Battalion, and the Italian High Command reported that 40 tanks had been destroyed and 170 Allied troops had been captured in "central and southern Tunisia".
23 Mar 1943 Killed in action during Battle of El Guettar during Tunisia Campaign, fighting with Company A, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, US II Corps. Headstone application notes that his remains were returned to the US.
Notes on this battle:
Added for Veteran Project on 6 Jan 2024 by Jon M Newton 49832039
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