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Personal info

Full name
SCHWEIGERT, Louis George
Date of birth
17 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Beach, Golden Valley County, North Dakota
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37576322
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 October 1944
Place of death
Maizières-Lès-Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 40 25

Immediate family

Members
George W. Schweigert (father)
Flora (Caouette) Schweigert (mother)
Elmer J. Schweigert (brother)
Bernice I. Schweigert (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Louis G. Schweigert was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 2 September 1943 and went overseas April 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Ralph Peeters, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com – The Minneapolis Star - 16 November 1944, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Rootie, www.newspapers.com – Star Tribune Minnesota - 16 November 1944