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Personal info

Full name
MORRISS, Melvin Willis
Date of birth
23 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
Hometown
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37751130
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Near Boppard, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 11 24

Immediate family

Members
William F. Morriss (father)
Cora Morriss (mother)
Ralph Morriss (brother)
Robert Morriss (brother)
Mariam Morriss (sister)
Charlotte Morriss (sister)
Phillip Morriss (brother)
Wayne Morriss (brother)
Emily J. Morriss (wife)

More information

Pfc Melvin W. Morriss attended high school for 3 years before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 28 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

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