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William C. Sweitzer
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Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
K CO 34 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
November 11, 1950
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Private First Class Sweitzer was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 7, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Chunggang-jin, North Korea on November 11, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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