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Personal info

Full name
MORRIS, Roy J
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Roxton, Lamar County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38424615
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 November 1944
Place of death
Near Derbamont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 4 58

Immediate family

Members
Edward L. Morris (father)
Jewel F. Morris (sister)
Bonnie Morris (sister)
Opal Morris (sister)
A. E. Morris (brother)
D. O. Morris (brother)
D. B. Morris (brother)
Donnie R. Morris (brother)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com – The Paris News Texas 19 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – The Paris News Texas 19 November 1944