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Personal info

Full name
PRINGLE, Morgan Dee
Date of birth
4 February 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
China Spring, McLennan County, Texas
Hometown
McLennan County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38230877
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
261st Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 April 1945
Place of death
Kapfelberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 14 4

Immediate family

Members
Dee T. Pringle (father)
Anna B. (McCloskey) Pringle (mother)
Lucille Pringle (sister)
Willie M. Pringle (sister)
Floyd M. Pringle (brother)
Carl E. Pringle (brother)
Hael L. (Wallace) Pringle (wife)
Patricia Pringle (daughter)

More information

Pfc Morgan D. Pringle worked as a clerk in the Keystone Hotel in Joplin, Missouri.

He enlisted in Abilene, Texas on 24 October 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in the stomach.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone & Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / WWII Hospital Admission Card File / WWII Registration Card / Family tree, www.65thdiv.com, www.lonesentry.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – JoMarRo, www.ancestry.com – family tree