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Personal info

Full name
MORRIS, Zack Thomas
Date of birth
16 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Avery, Lincoln County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Lincoln County, Oklahoma
Ethnicity
Native American

Military service

Service number
20828281
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
Harz mountains, east of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 17 12

Immediate family

Members
Grover Morris (father)
Clara (Falls) Morris (mother)
Samuel F. Morris (brother)
Alice M. Morris (sister)
Viola F. Morris (sister)
Allen K. Morris (brother)
Verle W. Morris (brother)
Geraldine E. Morris (sister)
Edward Morris (brother)
Marcella M.. Morris (sister)
Grover K. Morris (brother)

More information

Pfc Zack T. Morris joined the National Guard in Chilocco, Oklahoma on 16 September 1940.

Pfc Morris was the Sac and Fox Tribe.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ibiblio.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / US Indian Census Roll, 1931

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael Beach, Family collection - courtesy of Astrid Van Lunsen-Kosterman