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Personal info

Full name
SWEENEY, Harry Owens
Date of birth
14 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Cornersville, Marshall County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34937936
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Eschwege, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 12 3

Immediate family

Members
Bishop M. Sweeney (father)
Eula J. Sweeney (mother)
Cecil B. Sweeney (brother)

More information

Pvt Harry O. Sweeney enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Gerogia on 8 August 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporar American Military Cemetery of, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, IDPF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.super6th.org/50thAIB/50thAIBHome.html#TOC

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Jan Church