PFC
Robert W Swanson
Aged 21, fallen January 6, 1945
- Unit
- Company E, 222nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 17131374
- Hometown
- Phelps, Nebraska
- Date of death
- January 6, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A Row 12 Grave 15, Epinal, France
Private First Class Robert W Swanson, serial number 17131374, of Phelps, Nebraska, served with Company E of the 222nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 6, 1945, at the age of 21. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A Row 12 Grave 15, Epinal, France.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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