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Personal info

Full name
MORSE, James Donald
Date of birth
29 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Binghamton, Broome County, New York
Hometown
Binghamton, Broome County, New York

Military service

Service number
42121026
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
11th Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 February 1945
Place of death
Near Zerf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 6 9

Immediate family

Members
Elmer J. Morse (father)
Mildred R. Morse (mother)
Sandra Morse (sister)
Louise C. Morse (sister)

More information

Pvt James D. Morse attended high school for one year before he enlisted in Binghamton, New York on 25 January 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He died from burns.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.10tharmored.com, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin 20 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Binghamton Press 20 March 1945