Pricedale Man Now Reported Dead in Action
Nick Pehote, Once Reported As Missing, Presumed Dead
Previously reported as missing in action in the vicinity of Eindhoven, Holland, Staff Sergeant Nick Pehote, Pricedale, of the Army Air Corps, is now presumed to be dead, according to word sent to Pete Pehote, his brother.
The record shows that Staff Sergeant Pehote was a member of a C-47 (Skytrain) airplane which was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire and was seen to crash in the vicinity of Eindhoven, while on a combat mission.
Records of the case have been carefully reviewed and considered by the War Department, the letter states, and in view of the fact that twelve months have expired without receipt of evidence to support continued presumption of survival, the War Department must terminate such absence by a presumptive finding of death.
The telegram notifying the family that the staff sergeant was missing was received on October 7, 1944.
A certificate has also been received from the War Department awarding the Purple Heart medal to the staff sergeant "for military merit and for wounds received in action resulting in death." He had previously been awarded the Air Medal, having been among the first to go into France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, as a radio operator on a glider-towing C-47 plane.
He was a graduate of Rostraver High School and prior to entering the service was employed at the West Fenkell Bakery in Detroit, Michigan.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Rose Pehote, of Pricedale and five brothers, John and Henry in service, and Charles, Pete and Mike of Pricedale.
The sympathy of the community extended to the family in the sad loss.
Nick Pehote, Once Reported As Missing, Presumed Dead
Previously reported as missing in action in the vicinity of Eindhoven, Holland, Staff Sergeant Nick Pehote, Pricedale, of the Army Air Corps, is now presumed to be dead, according to word sent to Pete Pehote, his brother.
The record shows that Staff Sergeant Pehote was a member of a C-47 (Skytrain) airplane which was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire and was seen to crash in the vicinity of Eindhoven, while on a combat mission.
Records of the case have been carefully reviewed and considered by the War Department, the letter states, and in view of the fact that twelve months have expired without receipt of evidence to support continued presumption of survival, the War Department must terminate such absence by a presumptive finding of death.
The telegram notifying the family that the staff sergeant was missing was received on October 7, 1944.
A certificate has also been received from the War Department awarding the Purple Heart medal to the staff sergeant "for military merit and for wounds received in action resulting in death." He had previously been awarded the Air Medal, having been among the first to go into France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, as a radio operator on a glider-towing C-47 plane.
He was a graduate of Rostraver High School and prior to entering the service was employed at the West Fenkell Bakery in Detroit, Michigan.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Rose Pehote, of Pricedale and five brothers, John and Henry in service, and Charles, Pete and Mike of Pricedale.
The sympathy of the community extended to the family in the sad loss.
Pricedale Man Now Reported Dead in Action
Nick Pehote, Once Reported As Missing, Presumed Dead
Previously reported as missing in action in the vicinity of Eindhoven, Holland, Staff Sergeant Nick Pehote, Pricedale, of the Army Air Corps, is now presumed to be dead, according to word sent to Pete Pehote, his brother.
The record shows that Staff Sergeant Pehote was a member of a C-47 (Skytrain) airplane which was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire and was seen to crash in the vicinity of Eindhoven, while on a combat mission.
Records of the case have been carefully reviewed and considered by the War Department, the letter states, and in view of the fact that twelve months have expired without receipt of evidence to support continued presumption of survival, the War Department must terminate such absence by a presumptive finding of death.
The telegram notifying the family that the staff sergeant was missing was received on October 7, 1944.
A certificate has also been received from the War Department awarding the Purple Heart medal to the staff sergeant "for military merit and for wounds received in action resulting in death." He had previously been awarded the Air Medal, having been among the first to go into France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, as a radio operator on a glider-towing C-47 plane.
He was a graduate of Rostraver High School and prior to entering the service was employed at the West Fenkell Bakery in Detroit, Michigan.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Rose Pehote, of Pricedale and five brothers, John and Henry in service, and Charles, Pete and Mike of Pricedale.
The sympathy of the community extended to the family in the sad loss.
Nick Pehote, Once Reported As Missing, Presumed Dead
Previously reported as missing in action in the vicinity of Eindhoven, Holland, Staff Sergeant Nick Pehote, Pricedale, of the Army Air Corps, is now presumed to be dead, according to word sent to Pete Pehote, his brother.
The record shows that Staff Sergeant Pehote was a member of a C-47 (Skytrain) airplane which was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire and was seen to crash in the vicinity of Eindhoven, while on a combat mission.
Records of the case have been carefully reviewed and considered by the War Department, the letter states, and in view of the fact that twelve months have expired without receipt of evidence to support continued presumption of survival, the War Department must terminate such absence by a presumptive finding of death.
The telegram notifying the family that the staff sergeant was missing was received on October 7, 1944.
A certificate has also been received from the War Department awarding the Purple Heart medal to the staff sergeant "for military merit and for wounds received in action resulting in death." He had previously been awarded the Air Medal, having been among the first to go into France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, as a radio operator on a glider-towing C-47 plane.
He was a graduate of Rostraver High School and prior to entering the service was employed at the West Fenkell Bakery in Detroit, Michigan.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Rose Pehote, of Pricedale and five brothers, John and Henry in service, and Charles, Pete and Mike of Pricedale.
The sympathy of the community extended to the family in the sad loss.
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