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Personal info

Full name
SWOGER, Leonard
Date of birth
6 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Brownsville Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33892644
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Siegen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 17 13

Immediate family

Members
George D. Swoger (father)
Cecilia (Hoover) Swoger (mother)
Gladys L. Swoger (sister)
DuWayn H. Swoger (brother)
Melvin T. Swoger (brother)
Janet Swoger (sister)
Paul A. Swoger (brother)

More information

Pvt Leonard Swoger worked as an attendant at a gas station before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 25 September 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File / The Daily Courier / Collins/Swoger Family Tree / Army Enlistment Record, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree