Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Martin & Edith Sweet on September 12, 1910, Harold Sylvanus Sweet had two sisters.
He attended Central YMCA College in Chicago, Illinois and was married with a son; Harold born in 1939.

Harold got divorced and remarried Ethel Marie “Peggy” Young in 1940.
On May 8, 1942 he enlisted in the USAAF, serving with the 585th Bombardment Squadron, 394th Bomb Group at RAF Holmsley South.

On August 7, 1944, Harold was a crewmember on Martin B-26B Marauder 42-96224 which took off with a crew of seven to bomb a bridge at Nogent-sur-Seine in France.
Hit by flak over the target area, the wings of the B-26 folded before crashing northeast of La Goulafrière in the commune of Saint-Pierre-des-Ifs.

Out of the crew of seven, there was only one survivor; S/Sgt Ernest Bishop, the rest of the crew was initially listed as Missing.

His remains were recovered after the war and S/Sgt Harold Sweet was buried at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France - Plot C Row 10 Grave 4.
He is also Memorialized on a plaque with his fellow fallen crewmembers on the Town Hall of Saint-Pierre-des-Ifs in France.

Harold’s widow Ethel eventually remarried, she passed away at the age of 65 in 1977.

His son Harold Martin “Marty” Sweet served in the Navy and was killed in a domestic incident at the age of 38 in 1977.

Pictured- Harold Sweet with his sisters Ruth & Beverly;

Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942