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Personal info

Full name
CAIN, Morris Allen Jr
Date of birth
6 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Orange County, California
Hometown
Alhambra, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
19164792
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Near Immendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 19 18

Immediate family

Members
Morris A. Cain (father)
Myrtle R. (Deatrick) Cain (mother)
Barbara R. Cain (sister)

More information

Morris A. Cain Jr. attended Woodrow Wilson High School and the University of Southern California.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 22 October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemmorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / California Birth Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - University of Southern California, 1943, Santa Ana Register 1945