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STEES, Morris Clayton - Date of
birth
15 May 1920 -
Age
23 -
Place of birth
Marysville, Perry County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Marysville, Perry County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33237325 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Gunner -
Unit
572nd Bombardment Squadron,
391st Bombardment Group, Medium
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
18 April 1944 - Place of
death
English Channel 2 miles off Calais, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Paul E. Stees (father)
Mary M. (Morris) Stees (mother)
Jennie E. Stees (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-95837 -
Data
Type: B-26B50
Destination: Sangatte Military Installlations OCC, France
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 4027
More information
Sgt Morris C. Stees graduated from Marysville High School in 1940. He was employed by Pennsylvania Railroad as a locomotive fireman.He enlisted on 31 July 1942 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Statement from Vernon C. Tolbert, S/Sgt, 19176890. : "I was radio gunner in the waist position in airplane flying no. 2 position on the first box. I saw no. 6 airplane second box, nose over in a dive, and flame and smoke poured from the stricken airplane about 6,000 feet over the water. The airplane seemed to explode about 2,000 feet over the water. I saw an oil slick where the airplane hit the water. There were no chutes of dinghies visible."
None of the six Crewmembers survived. Five of them are still reported as Missing in Action, only S/Sgt Andrew R. Stevenson is reported as Killed in Action and buried at the Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
Source of information: FOHF, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Evening News (Harrisburg) - 11 May 1943