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Personal info

Full name
SWENSEN, John
Date of birth
13 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Gig Harbor, Pierce County, Washington
Hometown
Gig Harbor, Pierce County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39200097
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Tadler, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 3 5

Immediate family

Members
Albert Swensen (father)
Hilma S. (Maarseth) Swensen (mother)
Ragna Swensen (sister)
Grettie Swensen (sister)
Harald Swensen (brother)
Alf Swensen (brother)

More information

Pvt John Swensen graduated from Vaughn Union High School and was a stock clerk employed by N.S. Goo’t, before he enlisted in Tacoma, Washington on 8 February 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards / Jacobsen Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten