SWICK, Robert Harold

1921 - Abt 1942  (21 years)

• Name	SWICK, Robert Harold
  Birth	11 Mar 1921	New York
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt Dec 1942	South Pacific
  Person ID	I79703	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	SWICK, Harold I,   b. 16 Mar 1891, New York d. Feb 1974, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Mildred M,   b. 21 Jul 1897, OH d. Sep 1976, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1920
  Family ID	F25225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Niagara Gazette - 1/2/1943 Robert H. Swick Killed in Action Looses Life in Naval Encounter in South Pacific. Robert Harold Swick, seaman, first class, U. S. Navy, has been killed In action In the South Paclfic. his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold I. Swick, 1118 Niagara avenue, were notified on Thursday in a telegram which they received from the Navy department at Washington, D. C. The message stated that further particulars would be forwarded at an early date. Seaman Swick was a graduate of the LaSalle high school here with the class of 1938. He attended Alfred university for two years and would have graduated this year. A member of the Naval Reserve, he was called into active service by the government in April, 1940. An ardent golfer, Seaman Swick was a member of the Alfred university golf team. He was Niagara Falls junior city golf champion in 1938. At Alfred he was a prominent member of the Delta. Sigma Phi fraternity. Surviving the young seaman, besides his parents, are two brothers, William and Donald, and two sisters, Sally and Sue, all of this city.