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Sharon T. Swartworth
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Name: Army Chief Warrant Officer (CW5) Sharon T. Swartworth
Age: 43
From: Warwick, R.I.
Assigned to the Judge Advocate General Office, based at Headquarters Department of the Army, Pentagon
Incident: Army Chief Warrant Officer (CW5) Sharon T. Swartworth was killed in action when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was shot down Nov. 7 in Tikrit, Iraq.
Died: November 07, 2003
Maine dad says daughter had plans for Hawaii after Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 43
From: Warwick, R.I.
Assigned to the Judge Advocate General Office, based at Headquarters Department of the Army, Pentagon
Incident: Army Chief Warrant Officer (CW5) Sharon T. Swartworth was killed in action when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was shot down Nov. 7 in Tikrit, Iraq.
Died: November 07, 2003
Maine dad says daughter had plans for Hawaii after Iraq
Associated Press
LITCHFIELD, Maine — The father of an Army warrant officer who was killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash in Iraq said he still can’t understand what his daughter was doing in the aircraft.
“I just say to myself, why a 43-year-old woman with an 8-year-old boy, (why) they’d send her up to a mission in Tikrit,” said Bernard Mayo, who is 67. “It doesn’t make any sense to me. But what does about this crazy thing? Not much.”
Mayo’s daughter, Sharon Swartworth, a 26-year Army veteran, who was among the six people killed Friday when their helicopter went down near the Tigris River. An investigation was under way to determine what caused the crash, but several...
Occupation
the Judge Advocate General Office, based at Headquarters Department of the Army, Pentagon
Incident
Army Chief Warrant Officer (CW5) Sharon T. Swartworth was killed in action when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was shot down Nov. 7 in Tikrit, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
CW5 Sharon T Swartworth
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.