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Soldier Summary

Otto M. Schwerin

Military History

Rank: Private

Unit: United States. Army. Infantry, 339th. Company L.

Notes

Arrived in New York on December 26, 1918 on the steamer Saxonia. On September 10, 1918, "went out in a raiding party with nine soldiers under Lt. Williams, and captured a Bolshevik officer, five rifles and a handcar" (The Bay City Times Tribune, December 27, 1918)

Events
EventDatePlaceDetails
Residence1927Mount Forest, MI
Left for Russia08/1918
Wounded09/27/1918
Arrived in the U.S.12/26/1918
Sources

•The Polar Bear, vol. 3, no. 1 (Feb. 1927).