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Personal info

Full name
MORGAN, Kenneth Edward
Date of birth
16 April 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Indiana
Hometown
Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35496558
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Wireman
Unit
HQ Company,
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division,
Communications Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 February 1945
Place of death
Near Lichtenborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 1 59

Immediate family

Members
Daniel P. Morgan (father)
Marguarite M. L. (Lange) Morgan (mother)
Arthur W. Morgan (brother)
Marguarete A. Morgan (sister)
Lawrence H. Morgan (brother)
Louis D. Morgan (brother)
Elnora L. (Thais) Morgan (wife)
Richard L. Morgan (son)

More information

Pfc Kenneth E. Morgan attended 2 years of college and was a salesperson before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 5 October 1942.

As a wireman in the communications platoon of his company, he was repairing a break in a telephone line when an enemy artillery shell exploded nearby. The shrapnel killed him instantly.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bryant Holt Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Tribune Indiana - 9 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - Seymour Daily Tribune / The Tribune Indiana - 4 April 1945