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Pvt Claude D McSwain

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Pvt Claude D McSwain

Birth
Death
25 Dec 1943 (aged 25)
Burial
Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Son of Samuel David McSwain and Maebelle [Mitchell] McSwain.


Claud McSwain Of Ridgeway Is Killed in Action

Mrs. Belle Milwood, Route No. 2, Ridgeway, received a wire from the war department, notifying her that her son, Pvt Claud D. McSwain was killed in action in defense of his country in the South West Pacific area, December 25. Besides his mother he leaves a brother Lenard McSwain of Ridgeway; Mrs. Elmo Chessey of Missouri; Mrs. Ethel Griffin, Spartanburg, and Mrs. McGll Lovingood, Gaffney.

The State Newspaper, January 30, 1943.
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CLAUD D. McSWAIN, Pvt., U.S. Army. Born Oct. 20, 1918. Entered service Dec., 1942, Ft. Jackson, S. C.; Camp Roberts, Calif., Stoneman, Calif.; Australia; New Guinea Buna. Killed in action Dec. 25, 1943. Awarded PH, G. Cond. M., VM, Amer., AP. Attended Gaffney schools. Baptist. Son of Mrs. Belle McSwain Millwood, RFD 2, Ridgeway, S. C.
Son of Samuel David McSwain and Maebelle [Mitchell] McSwain.


Claud McSwain Of Ridgeway Is Killed in Action

Mrs. Belle Milwood, Route No. 2, Ridgeway, received a wire from the war department, notifying her that her son, Pvt Claud D. McSwain was killed in action in defense of his country in the South West Pacific area, December 25. Besides his mother he leaves a brother Lenard McSwain of Ridgeway; Mrs. Elmo Chessey of Missouri; Mrs. Ethel Griffin, Spartanburg, and Mrs. McGll Lovingood, Gaffney.

The State Newspaper, January 30, 1943.
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CLAUD D. McSWAIN, Pvt., U.S. Army. Born Oct. 20, 1918. Entered service Dec., 1942, Ft. Jackson, S. C.; Camp Roberts, Calif., Stoneman, Calif.; Australia; New Guinea Buna. Killed in action Dec. 25, 1943. Awarded PH, G. Cond. M., VM, Amer., AP. Attended Gaffney schools. Baptist. Son of Mrs. Belle McSwain Millwood, RFD 2, Ridgeway, S. C.

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