DOB/DOD: December 10, 1907 (Sweden) – December 8, 1942; 34 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: East HartfordSERVICE NUMBER: Z-066793 FAMILY: Born to Sven O. (1880-1959) and Marie Swanson (1881-1948). One sister, Sigrid E. Swanson Sullivan (1909-1996). CIRCUMSTANCES: At 0137 hours on December 8, 1942, the James McKay (Master Herman N. Olsen) was torpedoed by U-600Continue reading “THIRD ENGINEER ERIC CONRAD SWANSON”
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