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- . [In Memory ofj Cpl. Lynn R. Peterson - December 11, 1928 - December 1, 1950. Military Service: Veteran of the United States Army during the Korean War; Enlisted July 8, 1948 at Syracuse, New York, a member of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division; Declared missing in action on December 1, 1950; Declared dead on December 31, 1953. Corporal Peterson was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal. the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal. Son of Cecil Richard and Nellie Mary O'Brien Peterson.
Newspaper Article - Thursday, January 25, 1951 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Pfc. Peterson Missing, Awarded Combat Badge - Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Peterson of Maltby Corners this past week received a communication from the War Department which confirmed the telegram which had notified them of their son, Pfc. Lynn Peterson, being missing in action in Korea. The letter assured them that the term "missing" does not always mean a soldier is lost but oftentimes they are temporarily separated from their unit and later found. Pfc. Peterson had been awarded, prior to being listed as "missing", the Combat Infantry Badge for his excellent performance of duty in ground combat against the enemy. Peterson's unit made two amphibious landings and they were the only United States troops to reach the Manchurian border. Later, they took part in the successful evacuation of the Hungnam beachhead, the largest water evacuation in American military history.
Newspaper Obituary - Friday, January 6, 1954 Palladium-Times, Oswego, New York - Pulaski - Cpl. Lynn Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Peterson. R.D. 2, Pulaski, previously reported missing in action in the Korean War is now declared dead by the Army Department at Washington, having been unaccounted for for more than three years after first being reported as lost. Peterson was reported missing in action on December 1, 1950 in Korea where he was a member of Company H, 31st Infantry, Seventh division. He had enlisted in the Army on July 8, 1948, and had received his basic training at Fort Bragg, South Carolina. On Thanksgiving day 1948. he was sent to Korea. When hostilities broke out in Korea Pvt. Peterson had served his enlistment and was on a boat to come home. Born at Pulaski on December 11, 1928, he attended Pulaski schools and graduated from Pulaski Academy. Following his graduation, he worked on farms in the Pulaski area and was employed at Crouse-Irving hospital, Syracuse, prior to his enlistment. He is survived, besides his parents, by his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peterson, Mexico; his maternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles O'Brien, Bernhards Bay; four sisters, Miss Edith Peterson, at home; Mrs. Howard (Margaret) Davey, Minetto: Mrs. Ray (Elizabeth) Lawrence, Fulton, and Mrs. Murl (Viola) Kennison, Pulaski; two brothers, Vernon, Hastings and Cecil R. Jr.. with the Army at Anchorage. Alaska.
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d. Jan 2002 (Age 78 years)