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Personal info

Full name
OSWALD, Milnor Roberts
Date of birth
13 January 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland
Hometown
Allegany County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33886534
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 February 1945
Place of death
Near Echternacherbruck, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 11 1

Immediate family

Members
William H. Oswald (father)
Virginia M. (Roberts) Oswald (mother)
William H. Oswald Jr. (brother)
Virginia R. Oswald (sister)
Thomas H. Oswald (brother)

More information

Pfc Milnor R. Oswald graduated from Allegany High School. He was a talented athletic. After graduation, Oswald worked as an office clerk.

He enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, on 29 April 1944 and received his basic training at Camp Croft, South Carolina, and Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.

Source of information: André Koch, IDPF, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 www.newspapers.com - The Cumberland News (Cumberland Maryland) 5 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks, 1900-1990, Maryland, Cumberland, Allegany High School 1943