>From scrapbook in possession of the Pierce County Historical Association (please note, I am just posting this obituary, I have NO further info on this family) Newspaper is possibly the Spring Valley Sun, date unknown. DUANE PETERSON REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE. Sergeant Duane A. Peterson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Peterson, of Spring Valley, was reported killed in action in France on August 2, in a telegram from the War Department received in Spring Valley Tuesday. Duane was a member of the Infantry, the 357th. He landed in France on "D" day and came through that action without a scratch. Because of the delay in reporting his death, it is presumed that he was with General Patton's swift moving third army at the time of his death. A brother, Robert, is with the Navy "somewhere" in the Pacific. Duane (Pete) joined the Army in January of 1943. His basic training was taken in Texas and Mississippi. Duane is a graduate of the Spring Valley High School, an energetic boy, always a leader in his group. His loss is another of the severe shocks given this, and every other community, by the war. Photo can be found at www.rootsweb.com/~wipierce/military.htm