He is listed in the Air Medal section of the national Archives as:
HELLER, PEDER, 37303203 [S/N], S/SGT, AIR CORPS
RFD #8, Williston, SD"
He was awarded a DFC in May 1944.
In the 1940 census his parents are noted as having been born in Norway.
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1333...objectPage=167
His Draft Registration is on FOLD3, but I'm not a paying member anymore so I can't "see it"
Locally, he ran a boat shop in Arroyo Grande, CA until his death in 1996. The stories cited above came from an article in the San Luis Tribune [local newspaper] in 1996
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1394...objectPage=981