18th Oct 19231,2,3 - 3rd Jun 19511
Life History
18th Oct 1923 |
Born in Arkansas.1,2,3 |
3rd Jun 1951 |
Died in White River Refuge, Arkansas County, Arkansas.1 Died by drowning |
after 3rd Jun 1951 |
Buried in Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas.1 |
Other facts
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Military service: Inf 26 Inf Div World War II BSM-PH in Arkansas.1 |
Notes
- 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 22 April, District 25, page 6B, Prairie Township, Ethel & Point Rd, Hse #125, Fam #126
McSwain, James M Head M W 45 AR NC NC Farmer
McSwain, Mattie A Wife F W 43 AR NC TN
McSwain, Bruce B Son M W 6 AR AR OK
1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 8 April, Ethel, District 26, page 3B, Belleview Rd, Hse #48, Owns Farm, Value $800
McSwain, Jim Head M W 55 Grade 6 b Alabama lived in same house in 1935 Farmer
McSwain, Annie Wife F W 53 Grade 8 b Arkansas same house in 1935 Housekeeper
McSwain, Bruce Son M W 16 Single Grade 6 b Arkansas same house in 1935 Farm Laborer
Date of death may be 03 June rather than 13 June. It is hard to read on the stone.
Bruce B. McSwain drowned while on a fishing/hunting expedition on the White River Refuge.
-- George Oliver McSwain, email correspondence, January 2007
Gravestone of Bruce B McSwain
Bruce B McSwain
Arkansas PFC 101
Inf 26 Inf Div World War II BSM-PH
Oct 18 1923 June 3 1951
Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas County, Arkansas
Photo by Edith McSwain Jenkins, 13 May 2017
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
Bruce B Mc Swain
Birth 18 Oct 1923
Death 3 Jun 1951
Enlisted 15 Feb 1943, Discharged 30 June 1946
U S Army 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division, Company I
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Dewitt [DeWitt is struck out and corrected to Ethel], Arkansas
Ship to Thad M McSwain, DeWitt, Arkansas
Approved 20 Jun 1951
Shipped 9 Aug 1951 from Columbus, Mississippi
Sources
- 1. Gravestones of Mt Pleasant Cemetery
- 2. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 22 April, Prairie Township, District 25, page 7A, Ethel and Point Rd, Hse #125, Fam #126
- 3. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 8 April, Ethel, District 26, page 3B, Belleview Rd, Hse #48, Owns Farm, Value $800
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