Robert R. Swinford

Listed at the American Battle Monuments Commission
Robert R. Swinford
World War II
Service # 36459655
Rank Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit 298th Engineer Combat Battalion
Entered Service From Michigan
Date of Death September 30, 1944
Status Missing in Action
Memorialized Tablets of the Missing
Netherlands American Cemetery
Awards: Purple Heart

Named in 298th ECB 13th Reunion Invitation List.
Listed as DECEASED SINCE SERVICE - Died 1985.
WebMaster Notes:
All other information indicates that Robert was Killed-in-Action in 1944.

Source: Fields of Honor

Swinford, Robert R
Servicenumber: 36459655
Age: 19
Born: 9 December 1924, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown: Van Buren County, Michigan
Private First Class
Function: Driver
Battalion: 298th Engineer Combat Battalion
Company Squadron: A Company
Date of death: 30 September 1944
Status: FOD
Place of death: Vicinity of Zweifall, Germany
Awards: Purple Heart
Gravenumber: Walls of the Missing
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten
Other information: Pfc Robert R. Swinford enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 1 April 1943.
Pfc. Robert R. Swinford was driving a gasoline truck to the front lines when reported missing.

Source: Find a Grave
PFC Robert R Swinford
Birth: unknown
Death: Sep. 30, 1944
Note: Entered the service from Michigan
Burial: Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Find A Grave Memorial# 56304430

Listed in After/After Action Reports 26 July - 1 Dec 1944:
MISSING IN ACTION - SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1944
Swinford, Robert R. Pfc 36459655 30 Sep 44

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