Peter Lamar ACRI
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NUMBER OF SERVICE | 33500924 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
AGE | 21 yo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 6 October 1923 Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PENNSYLVANIA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ETAT | PENNSYLVANIA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FAMILY |
Parents: James Jesse Sr. & Bessie GRESO Siblings: James Jesse Jr., Robert, Oscar, & Patrick | |||||||||||||||||||||||
RANK | Private First Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FONCTION | Infantry | |||||||||||||||||||||||
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Apprentice Electrician | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 15 February 1943 Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PENNSYLVANIA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
COMPANY | Company E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
REGIMENT | 262nd Infantry Regiment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DIVISION | 66th Infantry Division "Black Panther Division" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ARMY | 12th Army | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 25 December 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
STATUS | MIA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | At Sea Off Cherbourg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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STORY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter Lamar Acri was born in 1923 to James Jesse Acri Sr. and Bessie Greso. He was active in Boy Scouts through his youth and later became an Assistant Scoutmaster. He attended William Penn High School where he played Saxophone in the band and symphony orchestra. After high school, Peter became an electrician for HP Foley Company. He and his friends decided to enlist in the army in 1943 but Peter was initially turned down for failing a urine test. Peter came back every day after for a week trying to enlist, having enough resilience that the officers sent special papers to have him enlisted. Eventually, he was put in the Army Air Force Training Group 713 before getting married to his High School sweetheart, Velma. Velma and Peter had a baby boy by the name of James Douglas Peter Acri, who was approximately 3 months old before Peter was reassigned and sent to the European Theatre. Peter was one of the many victims of the SS Leopoldville incident on Christmas Eve, 1944. His body was never recovered. A Picture of Peter next to his wife and son. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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66th INFANTRY DIVISION - BLACK PANTHER
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SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Leopoldville Book, familysearch.org, Leopoldville.org, Garrett MAST |
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PROGRAMMER | Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |