KOREAN WAR PROJECT REMEMBRANCE

MSG Harold Marvin Swihart

Distinguished Service Cross
7th Infantry Regiment
C CO 1 BN
Army
Hostile, Died of Wounds (DOW)
Date Of Loss: May 24, 1953
Service Number: RA15415935
Born: July 28, 1930
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Marion, Ohio
Location Or Battle Zone: Kumhwa
Burial Location
Pleasant View Cemetery, Sycamore, Oh

Comments: Master Sergeant Swihart was a member of the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was seriously Wounded in Action by the enemy in North Korea on May 24, 1953 and died of those wounds the following day.

Brother of Mrs. Jelen Spurlock of Bucyrus, Ohio. 106-1120

Final Disposition Date: May 25, 1953
Korean War Project Key No: 29358

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July 28, 1930

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PLEASANT VIEW CEMETERY, SYCAMORE, OH

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