Morris E. Canady

World War II
Service #367000
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service From District of Columbia
Date of DeathSeptember 24 1942
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Private First Class Morris E. Canady were accounted for in 2024. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at the Manila 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.