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Personal info

Full name
SWEEM, Charles Walter
Date of birth
13 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Attica, Marion County, Iowa
Hometown
Attica, Marion County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37698015
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Reipertswiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 16 17

Immediate family

Members
Clarence J. Sweem (father)
Myrtle E. (Harvey) Sweem (mother)
James W. Sweem (brother)
Frances P. Sweem (sister)
Mabel R. Sweem (sister)
Robert H. Sweem (brother)
Clarence S. Sweem (brother)
Harvey E. Sweem (brother)
Dorothy W. (Dainty) Sweem (wife)
Sandra J. Sweem (daughter)
Judith A. Sweem (daughter)

More information

Pfc Charles W. Sweem was a driver before he enlisted in Camp Dodge, Iowa on 5 June 1944.

He is remembered at the Gullion Cemetery in Attica, Marion County, Iowa.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com - Denise Sweem Fauble
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - William Croghan