David Swallow Sr. was born in 1921.
1 He was mlt active duty after 1943; Mr. David Swallow, Sr. entered the U.S. Navy in 1943, and after an injury received during service, that merited him the Purple Heart, he was honorably discharged in 1945.
1 He died on January 8, 2004.
1 He was buried on January 16, 2004 at
Swallow Family Cemetery, Porcupine, Shannon Co., South Dakota, USA; PORCUPINE David Swallow, Sr., age 82, died January 8, 2004, at Pine Ridge Hospital. Survivors include four sons, David Swallow, Jr., Leo Swallow, Porcupine, SD, Richard Swallow of Chadron, NE., and Timothy Swallow, Boston, MA; one stepson, Archie Sierra, Batesland, SD; one daughter, Janice Swallow-Foster of Eureka Springs, Arkansas; two stepdaughters, Delores Tail, Porcupine, SD, Florence Sierra, Batesland, SD; 42 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren. Mr. David Swallow, Sr. entered the U.S. Navy in 1943, and after an injury received during service, that merited him the Purple Heart, he was honorably discharged in 1945. In 1994 he received the Royal Family Chief Headship of the Standing Buffalo Clan. He was preceded in death by 3 wives, one daughter, and two stepdaughters. A three-night wake will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at Porcupine CAP Office, Porcupine, SD.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, January 16, 2004, at Porcupine CAP Office, with Rev. Emerson Spider and Mr. Aloysius Weasel Bear officiating. Interment will be at Swallow Family Cemetery, Porcupine, SD. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements.
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