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Personal info

Full name
SCHWEIN, Raymond Rudolph
Date of birth
16 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Russell, Russell County, Kansas
Hometown
Hoisington, Barton County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37010788
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster,
French Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Echtz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 11 20

Immediate family

Members
Heinrich Schwein (father)
Johannah (Meier) Schwein (mother)
Emanuel Schwein (brother)
George J. Schwein (brother)
Emil Schein (brother)
Elsie E. Schwein (sister)
Herman Schwein (brother)
Elma Schwein (sister)
Leo L. Schwein (brother)
Paul F. Schwein (brother)
Thelma C. Schwein (sister)
Leroy Schwein (brother)
Margaret (Griggs) Schwein (wife)
Sharon G. Schwein (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Raymond R. Schwein attended Hoisington High School.

He enlisted in June 1941.

He was reported wounded in action at St. Lo, France in August 1944. For this wound he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

He is remembered at the cemetery of Hoisington, Kansas.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: www.ancestry.com, Peter Schouteten