Charles Edward Swearman

1919 - 1945  (26 years)

• Name	Charles Edward Swearman
  Birth	19 Oct 1919	Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Dec 1945	North Field, Tinian Island, Guam
  Notes	He died on 20 Dec 1945 at the age of 26 in North Field, Tinian Island, Guam. MEYERSDALE, Dec. 29 — Sergeant Charles Edward Swearman, 26, was killed in an airplane crash December 20 on Tinian Island in the South Pacific, the War Department notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Swearman of 34 North street. There were no particulars. A crew member of a bomber with the 20th Squadron of the Army Air Forces on Tinian, he was taken into the Army April 5, 1943, and went overseas last May. A graduate of Meyersdale High School, he leaves his parents and three sisters, Ethel and Elaine at home and Mrs. Paul Critchfield of Meyersdale. The Daily Courier, Connellsville, December 29, 1945 MEYERSDALE, July 13 — The funeral service for Sergeant Charles E. Swearman, 26, who was killed in the Pacific area December 20, 1945, will be held at 2 P. M. Wednesday at Konhaus funeral home here. Burial will be made in Union Cemetery with the V. F. W. and American Legion in charge of military rites. The son of James and Ruth Swearman, he worked at Martin airplane plant at Baltimore before going into the Air Force, serving with a bomb group. The Daily Courier, Connellsville, July 13, 1948 The body of Sgt. Charles Edward Swearman, aged 26, is expected to arrive in Meyersdale soon for reburial, coming via the Army transport, Albert M. Boe, which is scheduled to dock in San Francisco in the near future. Sgt. Swearman, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Swearman, North St., Meyersdale, was killed Dec. 20, 1945, in an airplane crash on Tinian Island in the South Pacific. He was serving as a scanner on a bomber with the 20th Air Force when he lost his life. He was inducted into the armed forces April 5, 1943, and went overseas in May 1945. He was stationed with the 315th Bomb Wing, Northwest Field, Guam, and following his death was returned to Guam for burial in the Agat military cemetery there. He is a graduate of Meyersdale High School in the class of 1937. Prior to entering the service, he was employed by the Glenn L. Martin Co. in Baltimore, Md. Meyersdale Republican, May 20, 1948 The body of Charles Edward Swearman, aged 26 at the time of his death, was returned to Meyersdale, July 12, for reburial in the family plot in Union Cemetery. Sgt. Swearman was born October 19, 1919, in Meyersdale, the son of James Swearman and Ruth Smeak Swearman. He graduated from Meyersdale High School, class of 1937, and was later employed by Glenn L. Martin, Baltimore. Death came as the result of a B-29 crash at North Field, Tinian Island, on December 20, 1945. His body was returned to his home base on Guam, and interment was in the Agat Military Cemetery on that island. Sgt. Swearman was serving with the 411th Bomb Squadron (VH), 502nd Bomb Group, 315th Bomb Wing, stationed at Northwest Field, Guam. In addition to his parents, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Paul Critchfield, Boynton; Mrs. Ethel Martinele, Rockwood, and Elaine, at home. He was a member of the Knights of Malta Teutonic Lodge No. 320, and Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Meyersdale. The service was conducted at the Konhaus Funeral Chapel at 2 p.m. July 14. The Rev. Howard K. Hilner, church pastor, officiated. Full military rites were extended by members of John C. Tressler Post No. 3504, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Charles E. Kelly Post No. 112, American Legion. Interment followed in Union Cemetery. Meyersdale Republican, July 22, 1948 He was buried on 14 Jul 1948 in Union Cemetery, Meyersdale, Summit Township, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania.
  Person ID	I47281	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	James Roscoe Swearman,   b. 12 Mar 1894, Summit TWP, Somerset County, pennsylvania d. 12 Apr 1959, Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ruth Pearl Smeak,   b. 14 Nov 1892, Hyndman, Londonderry Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania d. 17 Nov 1973, Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F16982	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart