Max Victor Schwitzgold was born on June 15, 1911. He resided in Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Technician Fifth Grade in the 285th Field Artillery Obsn. Battalion, U.S. Army during World War II. He was one of the victims of Malmedy massacre when German SS soldiers of the 1st Panzer Division captured over 100 American soldiers at Baugnez Crossroads outside Malmedy, Belgium, on 17 December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge and, under orders to take no prisoners, placed them in an open field and then machine gunned them. When the machine guns stopped, the SS went through the field where some victims were still alive and systematically finished them off with pistols at short range leaving 84 soldiers dead when they had finished. Fortunately, when the machine guns first started shooting, a number of soldiers ran and some managed to escape and tell the story of how the Germans had treated the others who had not survived. T/5 Schwitzgold is now buried in the Knesseth Israel Cemetery, Gloversville, Fulton County, New York, USA. He also has a cenotaph located in Jewish Community Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.