Robert H Swanson

SWANEE

World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938 - 1946

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 37418200  

NAME SWANSON ROBERT  H   RESIDENCE: STATE IOWA  COUNTY EMMET 

PLACE-ENLISTMENT FT DES MOINES IOWA, DATE-ENLISTMENT 10 June,'42  GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION PVT#  Private 

NATIVITY IOWA YEAR OF BIRTH 19  RACE AND CITIZENSHIP White, citizen 

EDUCATION 1 year of high school  CIVILIAN OCCUPATION General farmers 

MARITAL STATUS 6  Single, without dependents 

COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 7  Selectees (Enlisted Men) 

*****   National WWII Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Registry~NARA~War Department Files

Honoree Hometown Service Source    

Robert Harold 'Swanee' Swanson  Ottumwa, IA     U.S. Army Air Forces 

Missouri Disabled American Veterans Chapter 67

Robert Harold 'Swanee' Swanson

BRANCH OF SERVICE: U.S. Army Air Forces

HOMETOWN: Ottumwa, IA

HONORED BY: Missouri Disabled American Veterans Chapter 67

ACTIVITY DURING WWII

A DECORATED B-25 BOMBER PILOT, FLYING OVER 70 COMBAT MISSIONS IN THE

EUROPEAN THEATER.

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01 Jan 1925 IOWA~State Census/Estherville/Emmet Co./IOWA/Roll:IA1925_1676/Line: 18  Household Members:     

Name    Age

Bert S Swanson/Head of Household39

Allen C Carlson/Wife/22 (Ellen-->Carlson is her MAIDEN name)

Kinneth S Swanson/Son/8

Robert H Swanson/Son/5

Wilburn A Swanson/Son/1

Andrew A Swanson/Father/75

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1930 Census/Estherville/Emmet Co./Iowa/Roll  651/ED-12/Page: 8A

Household Members: Name     Age

Bert Swanson/Head of Household/44

Ellen Swanson/Wife/32

Kenneth Swanson/Son/14

Robert Swanson/Son/10

Wilburn Swanson/Son/6

Andrew Swanson/Father/80