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Personal info

Full name
SWINGOS, Charles James
Date of birth
24 October 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35827796
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 October 1944
Place of death
Near Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 11 45

Immediate family

Members
James Swingos (father)
Victoria (Nipros) Swingos (mother)
Leon J. Swingos (brother)

More information

Charles J. Swingos graduated from East Technical High School.

He was also a welter weight boxer.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 29 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Plain Dealer - 14 November 1944