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Personal info

Full name
SWEETWOOD, Ray Garman
Date of birth
7 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Potters Mills, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Howard, Centre County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33763121
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
Near Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 26

Immediate family

Members
Edward J. Sweetwood (father)
Katurah B. (Weaver) Sweetwood (mother)
Howard S. Sweetwood (brother)
Ruth M. Sweetwood (sister)
Ralph T. Sweetwood (brother)
Elsie V. Sweetwood (sister)
Homer T. Sweetwood (brother)
Naomi Sweetwood (sister)
Paul F. Sweetwood (brother)
Helen E. (Coder) Sweetwood (wife)
Sheila Sweetwood (daughter)
Hazel Sweetwood (daughter)
Bonnie J. Sweetwood (daughter)

More information

Pfc Ray G. Sweetwood attended high school for one year and was employed at the Titan Metal Manufacturing Company before he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 17 July 1943. He was sent overseas in May 1944.
He was killed by small arms fire.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – ForgetMeNot, www.newspapers.com – Williamsport Sun Gazette 13 October 1944
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