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Personal info

Full name
MORRISON, Billie Hughes
Date of birth
28 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas
Hometown
Wichita County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38681559
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
11 February 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 2 65

Immediate family

Members
John M. Morrison (father)
Myrtle L. (Powers) Morrison (mother)
Jack D. Morrison (brother)
Addie L. Morrison (sister)
Dixa M. Morrison (sister)
Dorothy (McCraw) Morrison (wife)
Frances L. Morrison (daughter)

More information

Billie H. Morrison worked in the petroleum industry.

He enlisted at Camp Wolters, Texas on 7 March 1943 and was sent overseas in november 1944.

He was reported wounded in action in Germany and died in a hospital in Belgium. The exact location is not known.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, WW2-Airborne.us, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.newspaperarchive.com - Wichita Daily Times, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: Peter-Jan Bex, Service Record of Men and Women of Wichita County, Texas in WWII