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Personal info

Full name
SWISHER, James T
Date of birth
24 June 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan
Hometown
Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36410793
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Field Artillery Battalion,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
19 June 1945
Place of death
Czechoslovakia

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 17 29

Immediate family

Members
George B. Swisher (father)
Nina (Crane) Swisher (mother)
Erma V. Swisher (sister)
Clare Swisher (sister)
Virgil Swisher (brother)
Agnes J. (Przybylinski) Swisher (wife)

More information

Pfc James T. Swisher attended high school for 4 years and was a shipping and receiving clerk before he enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 20 November 1942.

At the time of his death, his unit was stationed in Czechoslovakia to pass the time, waiting for discharge points.

He is remembered at the Riverside Cemetery in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / SP Randall Tree / Michigan Marriage Records, www.findagrave.com – Sandy Vandertol, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, http://www.battleofthebulgememories.be

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Scout