Name:
Robert Lee Swaggerty
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
351901
Unit:
9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-21
State:
Missouri
Cemetery:
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Courts of the Missing: Court 4
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Robert Lee Swaggerty was born on April 25, 1924, in Kansas. He was the son of Jesse Lee Swaggerty and Sylvan E. Fogel Swaggerty.
He served in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a Private First Class during World War II. He was declared Missing in Action on July 21, 1944, during the Battle for Guam. He also has a cenotaph in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas, USA.