sweeney

7 photos tagged sweeney, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1910

2013

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TVL1970 said:
This is a photo of Lt. Joseph L. Sweeney, (February 8, 1922 - February 3, 1944), Killed in Action (KIA). As per the Imperial War Museum's (IWM) American Air Museum website, "Killed in Action (KIA) crashed into North Sea on return from support mission to Wilhelmshaven in P-47D #42-75405" See: www.americanairmuseum.com/person/135126 See also: www.findagrave.com/memorial/56294808/joseph-l-sweeney

bigtreelittleleaf said:
Likely Private First Class John J. Sweeney, Service Number 6774145

Nathan Adams said:
Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_KO_Sweeney
Glenn Peters said:
He's so tiny!
Joe said:
This has to be a fairly early photo of Sweeney. Through most of his career he fought as a middleweight, usually at just over 160 lb. He was fighting as early as August 19, 1911, when he was 16 years old. Here's his bout list page at BoxRec. As is recorded there, by the middle of 1912 he was already over 130 lb., so this photo was most likelyly taken early that year or late in 1911. An excerpt from his obituary is quoted on this page. Both there and at BoxRec, the spelling of his real name is given as John Kraynack, rather than the "Kraynak" currently featured on his Wikipedia page. Odds are it's Wikipedia that's got it wrong.
The Library of Congress said:
whyaduck: We appreciate the extra info. We'll add a note to our source data and reload the description.