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Personal info

Full name
SWINDLE, Malcolm H
Date of birth
31 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Manchester, Walker County, Alabama
Hometown
Jasper, Walker County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34817613
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
Düren/Grosshau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 7 10

Immediate family

Members
Henry G. Swindle (father)
Cora L. (Hudson) Swindle (mother)
Estelle Swindle (sister)
Christine M. (Rowe) Swindle (sister)
Oather W. Swindle (brother)
William G. Swindle (brother)
Dorothy F. (Wilson) Swindle (sister)
Billy M. Swindle (brother)

More information

Pvt Malcolm H. Swindle worked on a dairy farm in Florida.

He enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 21 October 1943 and trained at Camp Wheeler, Georgia and Fort Meade, Maryland. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

At the time of his death his brother Williams served with the Navy in the South Pacific.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Hudson Family Tree, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Daily Mountain Eagle 11 January 1945