Morris L. Thomas

World War II
Service #32841392
Unit506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
RankPrivate U.S. Army
Entered Service From New York
Date of DeathOctober 5 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Notes

Initially listed as missing in action, the remains of PVT Thomas were recovered and interred at a private cemetery in New York. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial.

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.