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Personal info

Full name
MOREHEAD, William Michael
Date of birth
18 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Belleville, Dane County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
O-672276
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
14th Troop Carrier Squadron,
61st Troop Carrier Group
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 29 44

Immediate family

Members
Orlo C. Morehead (father)
Helen A. (Fahey) Morehead (mother)
Mina C. Morehead (sister)
Harold T. Morehead (brother)
Robert O. Morehead (brother)
Rita (Mueller) Morehead (wife)

More information

1st Lt William M. Morehead graduated from Belleville High School in 1937. He attended college for two years and was a salesman before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 28 January 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hoesly Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2gp.org/kia.php
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, War Memorial Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin