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Personal info

Full name
MORRIS, Frank Taylor Jr
Date of birth
26 January 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina
Hometown
Nash County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
O-477432
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 16 58

Immediate family

Members
Frank T. Morris (father)
Carrie L. (McCarson) Morris (mother)
Marian E. Morris (sister)
Donald E. Morris (brother)
Phillip Morris (brother)
Robbie (Hickerson) Morris (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Frank T. Morris was a graduate of Lee Edwards High School and Biltmore college. He worked in the chemical labs of the American Enka Corp.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Camp Craft, South Carolina on 21 August 1942 and was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Wilson Wallis Moungar Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - Asheville Citizen-Times

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / William Wayne Metcalf, www.newspapers.com - Asheville Citizen-Times