Anthony/Anton Edward Swegel, Jr.

Birth: 1/22/1896, Austria-Hungary

Address: 1370 E. 47th St., Cleveland, OH/968 E. 77th St., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 20 when first enlisted in July, 1916; seems to have entered service in St. Louis, MO; listed as AWOL in July, 1917; apparently reenlisted; single; Caucasian; immigrated to U.S. 1906; at age 14 in 1910 Census occupation was listed as Laborer

Appearance: Height 5'6", Complexion fair, Eyes blue, Hair blonde 

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; seems to have enlisted more than once; Private/Corporal/Sergeant

Service Number: 1519514

Deployment: 6/15/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Leviathan

Action: Co K 5 Inf ONG (Co K 145 Inf to death. Pvt Mch 29/17; Corp June 12/17; Pvt Jan 25/18; Corp May 29/18; Sgt July 3/18, Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF June 15/18 to death

Death: September 28, 1918 at age 22; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: buried locally in France; disinterred and reburied twice; final burial 10/11/1921 at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France, Block H, Row 28, Grave 12

Next of Kin: Mrs. Francis Swegel, mother, 1370 E. 47th St., Cleveland, OH/968 E. 77th St., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: entire family was born in Austria-Slovenia (aka Austria-Hungary) and immigrated to the U.S. in 1906; father Anton Swegel, occupation Machinist in Stoves Industry, citizenship status alien in 1910; mother Francis Swegel, citizenship status alien in 1910, per 1910 Census reported having 12 children in 16 years of marriage, 3 of whom survived; younger brother Joe; 6 adult boarders living in home in 1910; in 1929 Francis Swegel, mother, applied for the Gold Star Mother Pilgrimage and sailed on 6/28/1932 aboard the SS Leviathan, the same ship that had transported her son to Europe to fight and die in WWI