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Personal info

Full name
SWAN, Gordon Brotherton
Date of birth
9 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Ogden, Weber County, Utah
Hometown
Ogden, Weber County, Utah

Military service

Service number
O1062791
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ettelbruck, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 11 20

Immediate family

Members
Leslie Swan (father)
Louise S. (Brotherton) Swan (mother)
Barbara Swan (sister)
Lou J. Swan (sister)
Richard J. Swan (brother)
Rita (Chard) Swan (wife)
Marcia L. Swan (daughter)

More information

2nd Lt Gordon B. Swan attended Ogden High School and graduated from Weber College and the School of Forestery at the USAC.
He enlisted on 16 February 1942 and received his commissioning at Camp Davis in 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / Foley Runyon Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Jeff Hall