OBIT: Sgt. Charles Edward SWEARMAN, 1948, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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CHARLES E. SWEARMAN

  The body of Sgt. Charles Edward Swearman, aged 26, is expected to arrive in 
Meyersdale soon for reburial, coming via the Army transport, Albert M. Boe, 
which is scheduled to dock in San Francisco in the near future.
  Sgt. Swearman, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Swearman, North St., Meyersdale, was 
killed Dec. 20, 1945, in an airplane crash on Tinian Island in the South 
Pacific.
  He was serving as a scanner on a bomber with the 20th Air Force when he lost 
his life.  He was inducted into the armed forces April 5, 1943, and went 
overseas in May 1945.
  He was stationed with the 315th Bomb Wing, Northwest Field, Guam, and 
following his death was returned to Guam for burial in the Agat military 
cemetery there.
  He is a graduate of Meyersdale High School in the class of 1937.  Prior to 
entering the service, he was employed by the Glenn L. Martin Co. in Baltimore, 
Md.

Meyersdale Republican, May 20, 1948


CHARLES E. SWEARMAN

  The body of Charles Edward Swearman, aged 26 at the time of his death, was 
returned to Meyersdale, July 12, for reburial in the family plot in Union 
Cemetery.
  Sgt. Swearman was born October 19, 1919, in Meyersdale, the son of James 
Swearman and Ruth Smeak Swearman.  He graduated from Meyersdale High School, 
class of 1937, and was later employed by Glenn L. Martin, Baltimore.
  Death came as the result of a B-29 crash at North Field, Tinian Island, on 
December 20, 1945.
  His body was returned to his home base on Guam, and interment was in the Agat 
Military Cemetery on that island.  Sgt. Swearman was serving with the 411th Bomb 
Squadron (VH), 502nd Bomb Group, 315th Bomb Wing, stationed at Northwest Field, 
Guam.
  In addition to his parents, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Paul 
Critchfield, Boynton; Mrs. Ethel Martinele, Rockwood, and Elaine, at home.
  He was a member of the Knights of Malta Teutonic Lodge No. 320, and Zion 
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Meyersdale.
  The service was conducted at the Konhaus Funeral Chapel at 2 p.m. July 14.  
The Rev. Howard K. Hilner, church pastor, officiated.  Full military rites were 
extended by members of John C. Tressler Post No. 3504, Veterans of Foreign Wars 
and Charles E. Kelly Post No. 112, American Legion.  Interment followed in Union 
Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, July 22, 1948