Maxfield Merton Sweet was born May 24, 1920 to Harry R. and Ethel Lutt Sweet. He died June 24, 1944 and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Dows, IA.
Sgt. Sweet served with the U.S. Army in World War II and was KIA in France. He was serving with the 38th Infantry, 2nd Div. and was originally buried at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France and awarded a Purple Heart.
Sources: World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel from Iowa; ancestry.com
