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Personal info

Full name
SWORDS, Herman G
Date of birth
27 April 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33774846
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Near Boulay, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 17 35

Immediate family

Members
Smith Swords (father)
Isabella H. (Griffith) Swords (mother)
Violet (Neuhouser) Swords (1st wife)
Herman G. Swords (son)
Vesta R. (Brimmer) Swords (2nd wife)
Lloyd S. Swords (son)

More information

Pvt Herman G. Swords was a driver before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 16 March 1944.

Just outside of Boulay, France on 26 November 1944 Company L was attacking an enemy strong point. Pvt Swords was the lead man of the forward elements of the attacking platoon. He was wounded by machine gun fire and was evacuated immediately. On 30 November 1944 he died of the wounds received.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Johannsen Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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