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Personal info

Full name
SWAFFORD, Roy M Taft
Date of birth
13 March 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
McMinn County, Tennessee
Hometown
Bradley County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34887975
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
Herrlisheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 48

Immediate family

Members
George W. Swafford (father)
Ada B. (Millwood) Swafford (mother)
Edna L. Swafford (sister)
Greely M. Swafford (brother)
Fletcher J. Swafford (brother)
Dan D. Swafford (brother)
Joe H. Swafford (brother)
Nora M. (Gibson) Swafford (1st wife)
Paul Swafford (son)
Mary E. (Brock) Swafford (2nd wife)
Glenn R. Swafford (son)

More information

Pfc Ray M. T. Swafford was employed at the Hard Wick Woolen Mill before he enlisted ar Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 2 November 1943.

He is remembered at the Hilcrest Memorial Gardens at Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Jordan Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – ForgetMeNot / WB33

Photo source: www.findagrave.com