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MORTON, Leroy E - Date of
birth
5 April 1921 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Massillon, Stark County, Ohio -
Hometown
Massillon, Stark County, Ohio -
Religion
Protestant
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35388634 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator -
Unit
368th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
3 November 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Worthy Morton (father)
Sadie B. (Johnson) Morton (mother)
Florence (Derr) Morton (stepmother)
Elizabeth Derr (halfsister)
Harry E. Morton (brother)
Evelyn (Wagner) Morton (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30776 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Lady Marylin
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat yards
MACR: 1158
More information
Leroy Morton graduated from Washington High School with the class of 1939 and was employed at Republic Steel Corporation.He enlisted on 7 August 1942.
The airplane collided in mid-air with B-17 #42-3533. All crew members of both planes, twenty men in total, were killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.fold3.com, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Independent
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Stefan Warnier, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Independent, www.ancestry.com - Washington High School Yearbook 1939