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Personal info

Full name
SWANSON, Roger Arnold
Date of birth
7 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Hennepin, Minnesota
Hometown
Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37584615
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
Basse-Bordeaux Line, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 32 17

Immediate family

Members
Fritz R. Swanson (father)
Elizabeth (Daline) Swanson (mother)
Marion E. Swanson (sister)
Lester M. Swanson (brother)
Leslie Swanson (brother)
Virginia Swanson (sister)
Edith K. Swanson (wife)
David A. Swanson (son)
Phillip R. Swanson (son)
Sharon Swanson (daughter)

Source of information: Dennis and Gerda Hermsen, Astrid van Erp, WWIImemorial.com, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Star, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Birth Index / 1940 Census

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Star