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Personal info

Full name
SWORD, Charles A
Date of birth
26 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Dow City, Crawford County, Iowa
Hometown
Hampshire County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35759830
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Chaumont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 9 22

Immediate family

Members
Indian O. Sword (father)
Dora E. (Kessel) Sword (mother)
Viola Sword (sister)

More information

Pfc Charles A. Sword enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 14 August 1943 and was sent overseas in July, 1944.

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

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://valor.militarytimes.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - soilsister