Ward C. Swalwell Jr. | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	16137952
Unit	599th Bomber Squadron, 397th Bomber Group, Medium
Rank	Staff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	Illinois
Date of Death	December 23 1944
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Luxembourg American Cemetery Luxembourg American Cemetery 50, Val du Scheid 2517 Luxembourg Luxembourg

599th Bomber Squadron, 397th Bomber Group, Medium

Air Medal

Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Notes

SSGT Swalwell's name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Luxembourg American Cemetery. His remains have been recovered and identified in 2014.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.