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Personal info

Full name
SWEENEY, John Francis
Date of birth
29 November 1910
Age
33
Place of birth
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Hometown
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35243995
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 5 30

Immediate family

Members
Mary Sweeney (mother)
Ann Sweeney (sister)
Rosemary Sweeney (daughter)
Frank Sweeney (son)
James Sweeney (son)

More information

Pvt John Sweeney was employed by the Zenite Metal Corporation.

He enlisted on 3 March 1944 at Fort Benjamin, Indiana. He arrived overseas in August 1944.

He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 16 September 1944 and was seriously wounded in action in Schierwaldenrath in Germany on 8 October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Indianapolis News - 3 January 1945