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Personal info

Full name
SWAYZE, Delbert
Date of birth
20 Octorber 1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
LaSalle County, Illinois
Hometown
Freedom, LaSalle County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36960629
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Château-Salins, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 47

Immediate family

Members
William Swayze (father)
Maude (Yarnell) Swayze (mother)
Orville V. Swayze (brother)
Viola M. Swayze (sister)
Mary M. (Myers) Swayze (wife)
Delbert L. Swayze (son)
Nancy E. Swayze (daughter)

More information

Pvt Delbert Swayze was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Rebekkah’s Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – ForgetMeNot
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