Harold Sylvanus Sweet was born on September 12, 1910, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was the son of Martin Munson Sweet and Edith Pearl Kelley Sweet. He was married to Ethel Marie Young Fleming.

Harold served in the 585th Bomber Squadron, 394th Bomber Group, Medium, as a Sergeant and Bombardier on the B-26 #42-96224 during World War II. On August 7, 1944, his crew took off from airfield Station 455 in Holmsley South, England, on a mission to bomb the bridge at Nogent-sur-Seine, France. At 1:35 PM, their plane was shot down by flak and crashed 700m northeast of La Goulafrière - Cne de St-Pierre-des-Ifs, southwest of Lisieux. The only survivor in this crash was SSgt Bishop, who evacuated the plane by parachute but was taken as a prisoner.

Sgt Sweet is now buried in the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, francecrashes39-45.net