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Personal info

Full name
MORRIS, Earl Dewitt
Date of birth
16 March 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
Hometown
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
17030472
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
Oberhoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 21 71

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Morris (father)
Florence M. (Sims) Morris (mother)
Ellen L. Morris (sister)
Wellington L. Morris (brother)
Sylvia I. Morris (sister)
Cecil M. Morris (sister)
Carl Morris (brother)
Florence E. Morris (sister)
Charles W. Morris (brother)
Rose Morris (wife)

More information

Pfc Earl D. Morriss was a mechanic he joined the Regular Army in Omaha, Nebraska on 30 April 1941.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Schulz Family Tree / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Coleman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy