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Personal info

Full name
MORGART, John Robert
Date of birth
24 August 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13188728
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Merseburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 10 25

Immediate family

Members
Francis E. Morgart (father)
Mildred S. (Getty) Morgart (mother)

More information

T/5 John R. Morgart enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 22 June 1943.

He was Killed in Action while serving with a medical battalion of the 9th Regiment of the 2nd Division.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Phi Gamma Delta - October 1945