"Pete" was one of 12 children. The Veilleux family was one of approximately 20 French-speaking families to move from Quebec to Maine in the 1930s. He moved back to Maine after the war and, later in life, owned the Central Welding Company in East Hampden. He and his wife Eleanor were married for 62 years and had 3 children. He was living in a Veteran's home in Bangor, Maine, when he died.