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Personal info

Full name
MORGAN, Harold J
Date of birth
20 October 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Scottdale, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
East Huntingdon, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O1308848
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 September 1944
Place of death
Near Grammont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 32 8

Immediate family

Members
Osborne J. Morgan (father)
Maymie E. Morgan (mother)
Kenneth O. Morgan (brother)
Robert W. Morgan (brother)
Vernon R. Morgan (brother)
Warren Morgan (brother)
Ann P. Morgan (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Harold J. Morgan attended high school for 3 years before he joined the National Guard in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania on 17 February 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1920/1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
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