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CECIL DEAN PETERSON
Born: December 30, 1916
Seaman First Class, United States Naval Reserve
USS INTREPID (CV-11)
Essex-class aircraft carrier, commissioned August 16, 1943
Date of Enlistment: March 22, 1944
Home or Place of Enlistment: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Date of Loss: November 25, 1944
Killed in Action from results of a kamikaze attack while conducting combat
operations off the Philippines against Imperial Japanese Forces.
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