Swartz, Neil

Description

Neil Swartz was born on 8-15-1931 and lived at 9 Fenton Drive. He was a Rye High School graduate, class of 1949. During the Korean War, Neil served in the U.S. Air Force.

Please help us to create a biography for this veteran.

We are looking for information regarding these men and women including: Discharge Records, Pictures, Rye Address During the War and Branch of Service. Also, the specific outfit in which they served, Example for Army: (K Company, 15th Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division).

See below “”Comments”” section to submit information, correct inaccuracies and to add personal memories.

You can also Search The Old Rye Chronicle for information about this veteran, see instructions on Newspaper tab above.

Name: Neil Swartz
Birth Date: 15 Aug 1931
Death Date: 28 Sep 2009
Branch 1: AF
Enlistment Date 1: 1 Jan 1951

Neil H. Swartz, 78, died in Ft. Wayne, Ind., Sept. 28, 2009, after a brief illness.

He was born Aug. 15, 1931, in Brooklyn, NY, son of the late Burton and Elizabeth (Hart) Swartz. Neil was raised in suburbs near New York City. He attended Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, prior to entering military service. He served with the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, after which he returned to college and graduated from the University of Pittsburg, Kappa Sigma, Penn., 1957.

During his career, Neil was employed in sales, managerial and executive capacities with the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Chicago; Red Owl Stores, Hopkins, Minn; Gamble-Skogmo, Inc., Minneapolis; St. Louis Park Medical Center (nka Park Nicollet Medical Center), St. Louis Park, Minn.; and Interstate Medical Center, Red Wing, Minn. Neil was predeceased by his parents and his sister Mrs. Joan W. Dickinson.

He is survived by his children, Glen Allen, Alexandria, Va.; Dr. Leslie Ann Swartz-Williams, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Mrs. Audrey Lee Swartz Britton, Minneapolis; two grandchildren, Andrew J. Williams, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; and Jessica Swartz Britton, Minneapolis, and sister Mrs. Charlene Briand, Montauk, NY.

Inurnment will be at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis. Memorials can be made to the Wounded Warrior Fund. Arrangements with D.O. McComb and Sons Covington Knolls Funeral Home.”