Son of Hiram Edward Swezey and Annie May Barrett and husband of Alice Newins, whom he married on January 19, 1918 in Sayville, New York.
Lewis Hiram Swezey, aged 22 years 10 months, of 363 Grove Avenue, Patchogue, was inducted at LB#2 Suffolk, NY on December 5, 1917. He served with Co. G., 305th Infantry until his death, when he was killed in action on October 5, 1918. Person notified of his death was shown as Vivian Hiram Swezey, father, of 363 Grove Avenue, Patchogue, NY.
Obituary - Lewis H. Swezey, Husband of Alice Newins, Gave His Life. Killed In France Oct. 5th- The death in action of Lewis H. Swezey, of Patchogue, brings tragedy to a Sayville home as well, for last January while Swezey was in Camp Upton he married Miss Alice Newins, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newins, of Sayville. The young man, who followed the bay, and was highly regarded and popular among the young folks of Patchogue, was in Co. G. of the 305th Infantry, and was drafted about a year ago. He went to France in April and had been in some very severe fighting. According to the official telegram, he was killed on October 5th. He was 23 years old, and made a number of attempts to enlist before being drafted but was each time rejected for slight physical defects. Private Swezey, who was practically a life-long resident of Patchogue, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram E. Swezey, and besides his wife and his parents is survived by a brother, Chester Swezey, and two sisters, Miss Edna and Mrs. Edward Bristow, of Patchogue. In his last letters, dated Sept. 24th, he told how he had experienced some hard fighting but was glad to endure it in order to whip the Hun. Repeated rumors of the young man's death in battle have been reported from time to time in letters written by friends who had been serving with the young soldier overseas but nothing official was received until this week.
Also - Patchogue, October 12, 1921 - The remains of Lewis Hibbard Swezey, one of the Patchogue boys killed in action in the World War, arrived here yesterday afternoon and were taken to Ruland's undertaking parlors. Funeral services will probably be held tomorrow afternoon. Swezey was a private in Company G, 305th Infantry of the Seventy-seventh Division, and was killed on October, 1918, while attempting to rescue a wounded comrade.
Also - To go through acts of heroism with the most reckless exposure to himself, thereby obtaining the Distinguished Service Cross, only to be killed while on patrol the following day was the fate of Louis H. Swezey, son of Mrs. Hiram Swezey of Patchogue. Swezey, who was 24 years of age, was drafted in December, 1917, and sent to Camp Upton. While at the camp he was married to Miss Alice Nevins. He was assigned to Co. G., 305th Infantry, and sailed for France April, 1918. He was killed in action on October 5, 1918. His citation reads as follows: Private First Class Louis H. Swezey (deceased), Company G, 305th Inf. - For extraordinary heriosm in action at the Bois de la Naza, France, October 3, 1918. After his company's line had been almost wiped out by enemy machine gun fire, Private Swezey displayed the highest courage and initiative in reforming a defensive position and reorganizing the scattered groups of men who remained. In performing this important service he moved up and down the line under heavy fire from enemy machine guns and trench mortars in entire disregard for his own safety. This gallant soldier was killed while on patrol the next day. Next of kin, Mrs. Hiram Swezey (mother) Patchogue, Long Island, N.Y.
Vol 305 Inf Co G
Awarded Distinguished Service Cross
Originally buried where he died on October 9, 1918 at Apremont, Ardennes in Grave 8, Isolated, Map 35W, E 297.3, N 275, 8, he was disinterred and reburied on June 20, 1919 at Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfacson, Meuse in Greave 180, Section 103, Plot 4. He was again distinterred on August 17, 1921 and his body shipped to America from Antwerp, Belgium to Hoboken, New Jersey, to Patchogue, New York, received at his destination on October 11, 1921, and buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery on October 13, 1921 in Section Q Lot 37, Range 7.
(Records of Cedar Grove Cemetery; Dan Prunty, Long Island Surnames; Lewis H. Swezey/Alice J. Newins in the New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967, Certificate Number: 3671; New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919; Suffolk County News (Sayville), Friday, December 13, 1918 , Page: 1; Suffolk County News (Sayville), Friday, February 21, 1919, Page: 1; Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), 12 Oct 1921, Wednesday, Page 11)
Lewis Hiram Swezey, aged 22 years 10 months, of 363 Grove Avenue, Patchogue, was inducted at LB#2 Suffolk, NY on December 5, 1917. He served with Co. G., 305th Infantry until his death, when he was killed in action on October 5, 1918. Person notified of his death was shown as Vivian Hiram Swezey, father, of 363 Grove Avenue, Patchogue, NY.
Obituary - Lewis H. Swezey, Husband of Alice Newins, Gave His Life. Killed In France Oct. 5th- The death in action of Lewis H. Swezey, of Patchogue, brings tragedy to a Sayville home as well, for last January while Swezey was in Camp Upton he married Miss Alice Newins, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newins, of Sayville. The young man, who followed the bay, and was highly regarded and popular among the young folks of Patchogue, was in Co. G. of the 305th Infantry, and was drafted about a year ago. He went to France in April and had been in some very severe fighting. According to the official telegram, he was killed on October 5th. He was 23 years old, and made a number of attempts to enlist before being drafted but was each time rejected for slight physical defects. Private Swezey, who was practically a life-long resident of Patchogue, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram E. Swezey, and besides his wife and his parents is survived by a brother, Chester Swezey, and two sisters, Miss Edna and Mrs. Edward Bristow, of Patchogue. In his last letters, dated Sept. 24th, he told how he had experienced some hard fighting but was glad to endure it in order to whip the Hun. Repeated rumors of the young man's death in battle have been reported from time to time in letters written by friends who had been serving with the young soldier overseas but nothing official was received until this week.
Also - Patchogue, October 12, 1921 - The remains of Lewis Hibbard Swezey, one of the Patchogue boys killed in action in the World War, arrived here yesterday afternoon and were taken to Ruland's undertaking parlors. Funeral services will probably be held tomorrow afternoon. Swezey was a private in Company G, 305th Infantry of the Seventy-seventh Division, and was killed on October, 1918, while attempting to rescue a wounded comrade.
Also - To go through acts of heroism with the most reckless exposure to himself, thereby obtaining the Distinguished Service Cross, only to be killed while on patrol the following day was the fate of Louis H. Swezey, son of Mrs. Hiram Swezey of Patchogue. Swezey, who was 24 years of age, was drafted in December, 1917, and sent to Camp Upton. While at the camp he was married to Miss Alice Nevins. He was assigned to Co. G., 305th Infantry, and sailed for France April, 1918. He was killed in action on October 5, 1918. His citation reads as follows: Private First Class Louis H. Swezey (deceased), Company G, 305th Inf. - For extraordinary heriosm in action at the Bois de la Naza, France, October 3, 1918. After his company's line had been almost wiped out by enemy machine gun fire, Private Swezey displayed the highest courage and initiative in reforming a defensive position and reorganizing the scattered groups of men who remained. In performing this important service he moved up and down the line under heavy fire from enemy machine guns and trench mortars in entire disregard for his own safety. This gallant soldier was killed while on patrol the next day. Next of kin, Mrs. Hiram Swezey (mother) Patchogue, Long Island, N.Y.
Vol 305 Inf Co G
Awarded Distinguished Service Cross
Originally buried where he died on October 9, 1918 at Apremont, Ardennes in Grave 8, Isolated, Map 35W, E 297.3, N 275, 8, he was disinterred and reburied on June 20, 1919 at Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfacson, Meuse in Greave 180, Section 103, Plot 4. He was again distinterred on August 17, 1921 and his body shipped to America from Antwerp, Belgium to Hoboken, New Jersey, to Patchogue, New York, received at his destination on October 11, 1921, and buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery on October 13, 1921 in Section Q Lot 37, Range 7.
(Records of Cedar Grove Cemetery; Dan Prunty, Long Island Surnames; Lewis H. Swezey/Alice J. Newins in the New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967, Certificate Number: 3671; New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919; Suffolk County News (Sayville), Friday, December 13, 1918 , Page: 1; Suffolk County News (Sayville), Friday, February 21, 1919, Page: 1; Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), 12 Oct 1921, Wednesday, Page 11)
Son of Hiram Edward Swezey and Annie May Barrett and husband of Alice Newins, whom he married on January 19, 1918 in Sayville, New York.
Lewis Hiram Swezey, aged 22 years 10 months, of 363 Grove Avenue, Patchogue, was inducted at LB#2 Suffolk, NY on December 5, 1917. He served with Co. G., 305th Infantry until his death, when he was killed in action on October 5, 1918. Person notified of his death was shown as Vivian Hiram Swezey, father, of 363 Grove Avenue, Patchogue, NY.
Obituary - Lewis H. Swezey, Husband of Alice Newins, Gave His Life. Killed In France Oct. 5th- The death in action of Lewis H. Swezey, of Patchogue, brings tragedy to a Sayville home as well, for last January while Swezey was in Camp Upton he married Miss Alice Newins, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newins, of Sayville. The young man, who followed the bay, and was highly regarded and popular among the young folks of Patchogue, was in Co. G. of the 305th Infantry, and was drafted about a year ago. He went to France in April and had been in some very severe fighting. According to the official telegram, he was killed on October 5th. He was 23 years old, and made a number of attempts to enlist before being drafted but was each time rejected for slight physical defects. Private Swezey, who was practically a life-long resident of Patchogue, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram E. Swezey, and besides his wife and his parents is survived by a brother, Chester Swezey, and two sisters, Miss Edna and Mrs. Edward Bristow, of Patchogue. In his last letters, dated Sept. 24th, he told how he had experienced some hard fighting but was glad to endure it in order to whip the Hun. Repeated rumors of the young man's death in battle have been reported from time to time in letters written by friends who had been serving with the young soldier overseas but nothing official was received until this week.
Also - Patchogue, October 12, 1921 - The remains of Lewis Hibbard Swezey, one of the Patchogue boys killed in action in the World War, arrived here yesterday afternoon and were taken to Ruland's undertaking parlors. Funeral services will probably be held tomorrow afternoon. Swezey was a private in Company G, 305th Infantry of the Seventy-seventh Division, and was killed on October, 1918, while attempting to rescue a wounded comrade.
Also - To go through acts of heroism with the most reckless exposure to himself, thereby obtaining the Distinguished Service Cross, only to be killed while on patrol the following day was the fate of Louis H. Swezey, son of Mrs. Hiram Swezey of Patchogue. Swezey, who was 24 years of age, was drafted in December, 1917, and sent to Camp Upton. While at the camp he was married to Miss Alice Nevins. He was assigned to Co. G., 305th Infantry, and sailed for France April, 1918. He was killed in action on October 5, 1918. His citation reads as follows: Private First Class Louis H. Swezey (deceased), Company G, 305th Inf. - For extraordinary heriosm in action at the Bois de la Naza, France, October 3, 1918. After his company's line had been almost wiped out by enemy machine gun fire, Private Swezey displayed the highest courage and initiative in reforming a defensive position and reorganizing the scattered groups of men who remained. In performing this important service he moved up and down the line under heavy fire from enemy machine guns and trench mortars in entire disregard for his own safety. This gallant soldier was killed while on patrol the next day. Next of kin, Mrs. Hiram Swezey (mother) Patchogue, Long Island, N.Y.
Vol 305 Inf Co G
Awarded Distinguished Service Cross
Originally buried where he died on October 9, 1918 at Apremont, Ardennes in Grave 8, Isolated, Map 35W, E 297.3, N 275, 8, he was disinterred and reburied on June 20, 1919 at Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfacson, Meuse in Greave 180, Section 103, Plot 4. He was again distinterred on August 17, 1921 and his body shipped to America from Antwerp, Belgium to Hoboken, New Jersey, to Patchogue, New York, received at his destination on October 11, 1921, and buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery on October 13, 1921 in Section Q Lot 37, Range 7.
(Records of Cedar Grove Cemetery; Dan Prunty, Long Island Surnames; Lewis H. Swezey/Alice J. Newins in the New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967, Certificate Number: 3671; New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919; Suffolk County News (Sayville), Friday, December 13, 1918 , Page: 1; Suffolk County News (Sayville), Friday, February 21, 1919, Page: 1; Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), 12 Oct 1921, Wednesday, Page 11)
Lewis Hiram Swezey, aged 22 years 10 months, of 363 Grove Avenue, Patchogue, was inducted at LB#2 Suffolk, NY on December 5, 1917. He served with Co. G., 305th Infantry until his death, when he was killed in action on October 5, 1918. Person notified of his death was shown as Vivian Hiram Swezey, father, of 363 Grove Avenue, Patchogue, NY.
Obituary - Lewis H. Swezey, Husband of Alice Newins, Gave His Life. Killed In France Oct. 5th- The death in action of Lewis H. Swezey, of Patchogue, brings tragedy to a Sayville home as well, for last January while Swezey was in Camp Upton he married Miss Alice Newins, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newins, of Sayville. The young man, who followed the bay, and was highly regarded and popular among the young folks of Patchogue, was in Co. G. of the 305th Infantry, and was drafted about a year ago. He went to France in April and had been in some very severe fighting. According to the official telegram, he was killed on October 5th. He was 23 years old, and made a number of attempts to enlist before being drafted but was each time rejected for slight physical defects. Private Swezey, who was practically a life-long resident of Patchogue, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram E. Swezey, and besides his wife and his parents is survived by a brother, Chester Swezey, and two sisters, Miss Edna and Mrs. Edward Bristow, of Patchogue. In his last letters, dated Sept. 24th, he told how he had experienced some hard fighting but was glad to endure it in order to whip the Hun. Repeated rumors of the young man's death in battle have been reported from time to time in letters written by friends who had been serving with the young soldier overseas but nothing official was received until this week.
Also - Patchogue, October 12, 1921 - The remains of Lewis Hibbard Swezey, one of the Patchogue boys killed in action in the World War, arrived here yesterday afternoon and were taken to Ruland's undertaking parlors. Funeral services will probably be held tomorrow afternoon. Swezey was a private in Company G, 305th Infantry of the Seventy-seventh Division, and was killed on October, 1918, while attempting to rescue a wounded comrade.
Also - To go through acts of heroism with the most reckless exposure to himself, thereby obtaining the Distinguished Service Cross, only to be killed while on patrol the following day was the fate of Louis H. Swezey, son of Mrs. Hiram Swezey of Patchogue. Swezey, who was 24 years of age, was drafted in December, 1917, and sent to Camp Upton. While at the camp he was married to Miss Alice Nevins. He was assigned to Co. G., 305th Infantry, and sailed for France April, 1918. He was killed in action on October 5, 1918. His citation reads as follows: Private First Class Louis H. Swezey (deceased), Company G, 305th Inf. - For extraordinary heriosm in action at the Bois de la Naza, France, October 3, 1918. After his company's line had been almost wiped out by enemy machine gun fire, Private Swezey displayed the highest courage and initiative in reforming a defensive position and reorganizing the scattered groups of men who remained. In performing this important service he moved up and down the line under heavy fire from enemy machine guns and trench mortars in entire disregard for his own safety. This gallant soldier was killed while on patrol the next day. Next of kin, Mrs. Hiram Swezey (mother) Patchogue, Long Island, N.Y.
Vol 305 Inf Co G
Awarded Distinguished Service Cross
Originally buried where he died on October 9, 1918 at Apremont, Ardennes in Grave 8, Isolated, Map 35W, E 297.3, N 275, 8, he was disinterred and reburied on June 20, 1919 at Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfacson, Meuse in Greave 180, Section 103, Plot 4. He was again distinterred on August 17, 1921 and his body shipped to America from Antwerp, Belgium to Hoboken, New Jersey, to Patchogue, New York, received at his destination on October 11, 1921, and buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery on October 13, 1921 in Section Q Lot 37, Range 7.
(Records of Cedar Grove Cemetery; Dan Prunty, Long Island Surnames; Lewis H. Swezey/Alice J. Newins in the New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967, Certificate Number: 3671; New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919; Suffolk County News (Sayville), Friday, December 13, 1918 , Page: 1; Suffolk County News (Sayville), Friday, February 21, 1919, Page: 1; Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), 12 Oct 1921, Wednesday, Page 11)
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