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Personal info

Full name
ZWICKER, Maurice Reginald
Date of birth
9 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Berlin, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Berlin, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31260888
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 27 67

Immediate family

Members
Bryant L. Zwicker (father)
Bessie E. (Wile) Zwicker (mother)
Raymond O. Zwicker (brother)
Joyce B. Zwicker (sister)
Lawrence B. Zwicker (brother)

More information

Pvt Maurice R. Zwicker attended high school for three years and worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 8 March 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / DebUschilka Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Union48
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