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Personal info

Full name
SWANSON, Francis Louis
Date of birth
27 November 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut
Hometown
Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31328849
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 4 13

Immediate family

Members
Paul Swanson (father)
Florine Swanson (mother)
Hazel Swanson (sister)
Paul Swanson (brother)

More information

Pfc Francis L. Swanson worked in a metal factory before he enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 19 March 1943.

The day after he was killed, Swanson's body was buried in a temporary grave at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands.

On 13 December 1948 he was given his final resting place at Margraten.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/506/506_honor_st.html, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.tracesofwar.com