Morris E. Swackhammer

World War II
Service #32839186
Unit143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service From New York
Date of DeathNovember 23 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Private First Class Morris E. Swackhammer were accounted for in 2021. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Tablets of the Missing” at the Epinal American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.