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Personal info

Full name
MORGAN, Floyd B
Date of birth
18 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Dolson, Clark County, Illinois
Hometown
Clark County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36002913
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
Medical Detachment,
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Halle, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Amos A. Morgan (father)
Bernice A. (Gilbert) Morgan (mother)
Arvie G. Morgan (brother)
Ralph E. Morgan (brother)
Mary E. Morgan (sister)
Minnie Morgan (sister)
Elva Morgan (sister)
Earl L. Morgan (brother)
Della Morgan (sister)
Trueman Morgan (brother)
Lillie J. (Veach) Morgan (wife)
Ronald W. Morgan (son)

More information

T/5 Floyd B. Morgan enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 11 February 1941. He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

He was taken prisoner of war on 18 December 1944 when his unit was located in the vicinity of Mürringen, Belgium.

He was killed during an Allied air raid on the city of Halle, Germany. The raid was very big and most of the city was demolished, resulting in more than 20,000 casualties. For weeks the dead were taken out of the buildings and buried in wooden boxes without any regard to nationality. Investigation after the war couldn't locate his grave.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com