Swayne Clive Johnson was born in Clinchfield, Virginia, the son of Alfred Franklin Johnson and Carrie Ethel Walker Johnson. He entered the service at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, December 2, 1942. He received basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He was a truck driver for Young’s in Johnson City before he entered the service.
He was initially buried at Fosse Cemetery, Namur, Belgium and was reburied at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium, G, 12, 35.
For a year, I’ve been trying to find information about Swayne C. Johnson, who was in my village of Saint-Marc (Namur, Belgium) on the 6th of September 1944. I’m the custodian of his grave in the Henri-Chapelle Cemetery. Here’s my phone number +32471934202 and email: jeancharlesmarot0@gmail.com
Thank you,
Jean-Charles Marot
- Rank: Technician Fifth Class/Tank Crewman
- Date of birth: 16 October 1910
- Date of death: 22 September 1944
- County: Washington
- Hometown: Johnson City
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Spearhead Division
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Battles: Liberation of Belgium
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XIX, Top Panel
- Sponsored by: Jean-Charles Marot
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