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Personal info

Full name
SWENSON, Harold Leverne
Date of birth
16 July 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Radcliffe, Hardin County, Iowa
Hometown
Story County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37772638
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
395th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 February 1945
Place of death
Near Monschau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 7 64

Immediate family

Members
Archie Swenson (father)
Julia A. (Tesdall) Swenson (mother)
Paul Swenson (brother)
Delores Swenson (sister)
Mary Swenson (sister)
Carol Swenson (sister)
William Swenson (brother)
Lois Swenson (sister)

More information

Pvt Harold L. Swenson attended high school for three years.

He enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 19 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Morgan Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Nbowers / Dorian the Historian, Paul Swenson