Frank Peters was born in Elko County, Nevada, March 26th, 1895. His life was spent on the farm, where he grew to manhood, living much of the time in the open, and delighting in hunting and fishing expeditions. On the 6th of October, 1917, he answered the call of his Country and joined the ranks of the Nation’s fighting men. His name is credited to Lee in the County of Elko. After some time spent at Camp Lewis, Washington, he was sent to Newark, New Jersey. From that point he went with his regiment, the 163d Infantry of the 41st Division, overseas, landing in England. But he had been there only a short time when a severe cold developed into pneumonia and measles. He was taken from Morn Hill Camp, Winchester, to the Magdalen Hospital there, where the sisters and Volunteer Aid Workers did all in their power to save him, but it was then too late to successfully combat the illness, and on the 10th of January, 1918, the Nevada soldier passed quietly away to his Maker.

Letters from those who were with him in his last moments tell of the quiet way in which he entered his last sleep, asking that they write to the folks at home in far-off Nevada. On the morning of the day he died, two ministers prayed with him at his soldier’s cot, and on the 16th of January when he was laid to rest the Rev. Walter W. Barnes, Wesleyan Chaplain of British troops, spoke the last services at his grave. “He was a good man,” the Chaplain wrote to the boy’s mother, “and tried hard to get well but pneumonia claimed him. . . He is now in Heaven, and we prayed for you in your loss beside his open grave this morning. He was one of the many true American boys who went, unfaltering along the path of Duty. Whether on the field of battle or on a cot in a hospital ward, they offered their lives in a spirit which could lead but to one end — Victory for the cause for which they died, Honor for the Flag under which they served, and Peace for the loved ones at home, that they might continue to enjoy the great blessings of a land unscarred by war. The young hero’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Peters, reside in Elko, Nevada, and besides them, five brothers and two sisters survive him. They are Harry, John and Will Peters of Jiggs, Nevada; Albert Brehe of Jiggs; George Brehe of Buhl, Idaho, Route 4; Mrs. John M. Vance and Miss Nellie Peters of Elko, Nevada.