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Personal info

Full name
MORGAN, Thomas Wilson
Date of birth
16 April 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Chesterfield County, South Carolina
Hometown
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34775562
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
De Keyserlei
Antwerp, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 11 64

Immediate family

Members
Carl G. Morgan (father)
Etna F. (Smith) Morgan (mother)
Mary Morgan (sister)
Alma B. Morgan (sister)
Carl L. Morgan (brother)
Sarah G. Morgan (sister)
Sarah L. Morgan (sister)
Carolyn S. Morgan (daughter)

More information

His granddaughter Kathy Spinella says, "He loved cars and was working as a mechanic at the time he registered for the draft. By all accounts, he was an "old" man as he turned 30 prior to being sent overseas for their final training in England. Wilson, as he was called, was a gentle man who left behind a wife and a young daughter who was 4 at the time of her father's death."

Pfc Morgan must have been on leave when he was killed by a V-2 rocket that destroyed the Rex movie theatre in Antwerp.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Mike Whitener, They Speak: Voices of Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery