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Personal info

Full name
SWANSEN, John Phillip
Date of birth
24 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Washburn, Bayfield County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36287414
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 February 1945
Place of death
Brandscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 16 72

Immediate family

Members
Edward Swansen (father)
Helen M. (Olsen) Swansen (mother)
Oswald E. Swansen (brother)
Marian R. Swansen (sister)
Herbert C. Swansen (brother)
Naomi G. Swansen (sister)
Anna M. Swansen (sister)
Cedric O. Swansen (brother)
Verna M. Swansen (sister)
Edward S. Swansen (brother)

More information

Pfc John P. Swansen enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 2 December 1942.

He attended high school for 4 years and was a paymaster before he enlisted.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Sutton Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet