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Personal info

Full name
SWANSON, John Robert "Jackie"
Date of birth
21 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Baldwinsville, Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
32937072
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 15 29

Immediate family

Members
John H. Swanson (father)
Lucille R. Swanson (mother)
Donald H. Swanson (brother)
Geraldine R. Swanson (sister)
Allan R. Swanson (brother)
Lucille A. Swanson (sister)

More information

Pvt John R. Swanson graduated from East Aurora High School and was employed at the Morris Machine Works in Baldwinsville.

He enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 9 June 1943.

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 / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Buffalo News - 4 January 1941