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Personal info

Full name
SWANSON, George Frank
Date of birth
7 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Daggett, Menominee County, Michigan
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36451091
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
Grammont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 12 39

Immediate family

Members
George F. Swanson (father)
Hannah (Lind) Swanson (mother)
Laverne E. Swanson (sister)

More information

Pvt George F. Swanson was employed at Signal Electric Manufacturing Company in Menominee, Michigan.

He enlisted in Marquette, Michigan on 9 February 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

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 / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org,WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy