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Personal info

Full name
MORRISON, William J
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Burbank, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39579436
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Near Han-sur-Nied, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 10

Immediate family

Members
Frederick W. Morrison (father)
Emma (Dickman) Morrison (mother)
Frederick Morrison (brother)
Carl Morrison (brother)
Elizabeth Morrison (sister)
Walker H. Morrison (brother)

More information

Pvt William J. Morrison attended college for three years and was a machinist before he enlisted at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California, on 22 March 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thdivision.com
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