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Personal info

Full name
SWINFORD, Robert R
Date of birth
9 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Van Buren County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36459655
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Driver
Unit
A Company,
298th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Zweifall, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Roy A. Swinford (father)
Mabel L. (Pierce) Swinford (mother)
Duane Swinford (brother)
Shirley R. Swinford (sister)
Dale Swinford (brother)
Helen (Williams) Swinford (wife)
Connie Swinford (daughter)

More information

Pfc Robert R. Swinford enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 1 April 1943.

He was driving a gasoline truck to the front lines when reported missing.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Warmemorials / Army Enlistment Records / 298th After Action Report / The News-Palladium - 25 July 1945 / Birth Certificates / 1940 Census, http://www.hartfordmichigan.com - WWII Soldiers from Hartford Michigan

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Dennis Magee