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Morgan, William M.

Morgan, William M.

Male UNKNOWN - 1944


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  • Name Morgan, William M. 
    Birth UNKNOWN  [1
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number MORG.W004 
    _FGRAVE 56658708 
    Military Service World War II, Private, 173rd Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry ("Santa Fe") Division, United States Army  [2, 3
    • Private with the 173rd Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division. Entered combat on July 11, 1944 and was killed in action on September 12, 1944 in vicinity of Ceintrey, Meurthe-Et-Moselle, France. Buried with military honors at Loraine American Cemetery, St. Avold (Moselle), France. Also honored at the WWII Memorial in Flora, Illinois.


      (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)

      Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1903182
    Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007

    On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans.

    Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event.

    This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
    35th Infantry Division ("Santa Fe"), United States Army
    World War II Honoree, Morgan, William M. (?-1944)
    World War II Honoree, Morgan, William M. (?-1944)
    35th Infantry Division ("Santa Fe"), United States Army
    United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959)

    In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
    World War II Casualties, Clay County Illinois
    World War II Casualties, Clay County Illinois
    Ceintrey, France
    Ceintrey, France
    United States Army
    United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
    World War II
    (1939-1945)
    Death 12 Sep 1944  Ceintrey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Cause: Killed in Action 
    Ceintrey, France
    Ceintrey, France
    Burial Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Entrance, Lorraine American Cemetery, Lorraine, France
    Entrance, Lorraine American Cemetery, Lorraine, France

    The Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial in France covers 113.5 acres and contains the largest number of graves of our military dead of World War II in Europe, a total of 10,481. Their headstones are arranged in nine plots in a generally elliptical design extending over the beautiful rolling terrain of eastern Lorraine and culminating in a…
    Person ID I43050  Carl Wayne Gray Research
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Killed in Action - 12 Sep 1944 - Ceintrey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  • Sources 
    1. [S13387] Findagrave.com, Headstone, Morgan, William M., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56658708/william-m-morgan), none. (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S15404] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #4, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S13367] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, William M. Morgan, (https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1903182) (Reliability: 2).