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Personal info

Full name
MORRIS, Joseph Frank
Date of birth
1 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana
Hometown
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35339704
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Monschau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 14 51

Immediate family

Members
Charles C. Morris (father)

More information

S/Sgt Joseph F. Morris attended Washington High School and worked for the Studebaker Company.

He enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 10 September 1942 and was sent overseas in July 1944.
S/Sgt Joseph F. Morris was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, the South Bend Tribune 12 October 1944 - courtesy of Kathy McDermott