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Personal info

Full name
SWIGER, Carl V
Date of birth
13 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Nutter Fort, Harrison County, West Virginia
Hometown
Columbiana County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35288966
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 8 1

Immediate family

Members
Bayard S. Swiger (father)
Leona H. (Highland) Swiger (mother)
Osee E. Swiger (sister)
Troy R. Swiger (brother)
Marjorie L. (Badger) Swiger (wife)
Carol L. Swiger (daughter)

More information

Cpl Carl V. Swiger enlisted at Camp Perry, Ohio on 19 March 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.

His brother, Pvt Troy Swige,r served in Italy.

Photo Source of informat ion: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Anita Dennis, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Evening News

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspaperarchive.com - East Liverpool Review