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Personal info

Full name
MORRIS, Emil L
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35318902
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 34 25

Immediate family

Members
Ferris Morris (father)
Catherine Morris (mother)
Della Morris (sister)
Joe Morris (brother)
William Morris (brother)
Webby Morris (brother)
Adela Morris (sister)
Anthony Morris (brother)

More information

Pvt Emil L. Morris enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 10 August 1942.
He attended high school for 3 years and was a shipping and receiving clerk before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.WWIImemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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