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Ben Swartz

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn : Co D

ASN#35289270

Born 1904 in PA

County of residence at enlistment: Summit County, OH
United States Army, did not accompany the unit to Europe
Occupation before the war: bakers
Source: Notes provided by family of Harold Dahl; WWII Army enlistment record

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