DAN L. PETERS


Danny L. Peters was inducted into the Army on September 15, 1952. He was sent to Camp Breckenridge, Kentucky, where he received sixteen weeks of infantry basic training. He received orders for Korea and arrived there in February 1953. For the next year he served in Company C, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th division. He attained the rank of Sergeant First Class and earned the Combat Infantryman's Badge. He returned to the United States in April 1954 and was honorably discharged from Camp Carson, Colorado, on June 15, 1954.
Note: more detailed stories and lots of pictures in database to use


I have scanned several hundred pictures and also a lot of memorabilia and documents about Dan's military service.
I also have more details about Dan's service and will work with him more in the future to get even more specifics.
At this time I won't be showing any of those pictures and information.


From the Aspinwall Centennial Book:
Dan Peters, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Peters, served in the U.S. Army from September 15, 1952 to June 15, 1954.
He was stationed in Korea from March, 1953, until March, 1954, with the 7th Division, 17th Infantry Regiment, Company C.

He was married June 15, 1952.


Dan Peters, Sargeant First Class (SFC) US Army entered the service September 15, 1952 and was honorably discharged June 15, 1954.

He served as a rifleman with the 17th Regiment of the 7th Division from March 1953 to March 1954 in Korea.
He was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, Korean Service Medal with 2 Bronze Campaign Stars, the United Nation's Service Medal and National Defense Service Medal.

Dan was discharged June 15, 1954 at Camp Carson, Colorado after 21 months of service. He married Lois Wilhelm in 1952 and they have 5 children.
One lives in Montana, three in Colorado and one in Manning. They have 13 Grandchildren.
Dan & Lois graduated from Manning High School in 1949.


Dan in the "pit" in Korea taking it easy.

Manning Monitor articles

Sgt. Danny Peters In Training Exercise 7th DIV., KOREA---Sgt. Danny L. Peters, whose wife Lois, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Peters, live at 203 Third St., Manning, Iowa, recently took part in Operation Red Wing, a training exercise of the 7th Division in Korea. Army helicopters transported his fully equipped unit, the 17th Infantry Regiment's 1st Battalion, cross country to land them in a simulated combat situation.

A section leader in Company C, Peters entered the army in December, 1952, and was stationed at Camp Breckinridge, Ky., before arriving overseas in March 1953.
He holds the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Korean and UN Service Ribbons.


DANNY L. PETERS

Dan died late Thursday evening, December 9, 2021 at St. Luke's Hospital in Sioux City.
Funeral Service on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 2:00 PM at Zion Lutheran Church, Manning, Iowa
Pastor Jonathan Conner, Officiating
Congregational Hymns "How Great Thou Art", "Precious Lord, Take My Hand", "For All The Saints", Timothy Conner, Organist
Casket Bearers are Dan's Family
Honorary Casket Bearers ~ Dan's Grandchildren: Daniel Peters, Darcy Goodson, Michael Rabbitt, Timothy Rabbitt, Emily Lamb, Wesley Peters, Michaela Quinlan, Meghan Rabbitt, Alison Peters, Nicholas Peters, Nathan Peters, Kristen Peters, and +Kelsey Peters ~ In Memoriam
Interment with Military Honors by the United States Army Honor Guard, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3517 and American Legion Post 22 at the Manning Cemetery, Manning.

Danny Lee Peters, son of George and Milda (Wegner) Peters, was born at home on April 15, 1931, in Aspinwall Iowa. In October of 1934, he was baptized by Pastor Johann M. Ansorge at the Zion Lutheran Church in Manning and was confirmed there on April 14, 1946. Dan spent his early childhood in Aspinwall, attending the two-room schoolhouse until they moved to Manning in 1942. He finished his regular schooling in Manning and graduated with the High School Class of 1949. He was a proud member of Manning's 1948 State Basketball Championship Team. While in school, during the summers, Dan learned to paint from his father and worked for the Milwaukee Railroad in Manilla and Aspinwall. After he graduated, he spent six months at the Telegraphy and Business School in Chillicothe, Missouri, where he became an accomplished telegrapher. He then got a job in Council Bluffs where he worked for the railroad until he was married in 1952. During his time in Council Bluffs, Dan was a substitute telegrapher for vacationing senior positions which gave him the opportunity to move around to various small railroad towns. It was during this time that he became a very talented baseball player, playing with different local teams.

On June 15, 1952, Dan was united in marriage to his High School Sweetheart, Lois Wilhelm, at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. Five children: Michael, Mark, Julie, Jeffrey and Gregory, were born to this union. A few short months after his marriage he was drafted into the United States Army. Dan served proudly in Korea and was an ammunition runner during the Battle of Pork Chop Hill and was promoted twice during his service. In February of 1954, he was honorably discharged with the rank of Sergeant.

He then returned to Iowa and went to school at Iowa State in Ames, Iowa where he graduated with a degree in Forestry. While there, he was a member of the 1957 baseball team that took third place at the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.

His 25-year forestry career took him to the Black Hills in South Dakota, and Dillon, Pagosa Springs, Steamboat Springs, and Monte Vista, in Colorado. Upon retiring from the Forest Service, he followed the generations of Peters men before him and started his own painting business. He continued to paint well into his 80's, though the latter years were mostly devoted to small community projects and helping family and friends.

In June of 1991, after the passing of his mother the previous Christmas, Dan and Lois moved back to Manning. Dan was a very active community member in every community in which he lived and Manning was no different. Within a few years of moving back, he served as Manning's mayor for 5 years and was instrumental in many of the major community projects going on during those years. Mainly Heritage Park Farm, the Hausbarn, the Trinity Church relocation, the development & restoration of Great Western Park, early design of the trail system, much of which was adopted in the current design, and the Manning Veterans Wall. He served proudly with the VFW Honor Guard having just retiring his active status early in November at the age of 90.

These past 20 years, Dan and Lois spent their winters in Harlingen, Texas, but have been here in Manning full time since Lois passed away on December 8, 2020, exactly one year and one day from Dan's death.

Dan fell ill on Sunday and, due to his specific medical needs, was transferred to St. Luke's Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa, where he joined Lois and his Lord and Savior in the evening of December 9, 2021.

Dan is survived by his five children: Mike and Callie Peters, Bozeman, Montana; Mark and Lynne Peters, Stagecoach, Colorado; Julie and Jim Rabbitt, Steamboat Springs, Colorado; Jeff Peters, Pagosa Springs, Colorado; and Greg and Randy Peters of Manning; 12 grandchildren: Daniel Peters, Darcy (David) Goodson, Michaela (Josh) Quinlan, Michael (Stephanie) Rabbitt, Timothy Rabbitt, Emily (Will) Lamb, Meghan Rabbitt, Wesley (Whitney) Peters, Nicholas Peters, Kristen Peters, Alison Peters and Nathan Peters; 6 great-grandchildren: Ava Peters, Dorothy Goodson, Charlotte Goodson, Micah Quinlan, Julie Lamb and Harlyn Rabbitt; a brother David (Dee) Peters, Plano, Texas; a sister Cynthia Genzen of Manning; a sister-in-law Joann Pratt of Minnesota; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Dan was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Lois, two brothers-in-law Larry Genzen and John Pratt, a granddaughter Kelsey Peters, and a grandson Jonathan Peters.