Morgan, William M. (b. UNKNOWN - d. 12 Sep 1944): Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies

UNKNOWN - 1944

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
		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,…
		United States Army
		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
		World War II (1939-1945)
		35th Infantry Division ("Santa Fe"), United States Army
		35th Infantry Division ("Santa Fe"), United States Army
		Ceintrey, France
		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. …
		World War II Honoree, Morgan, William M. (?-1944)
		World War II Casualties, Clay County Illinois
Death	12 Sep 1944	Ceintrey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France [1, 3]
	Cause: Killed in Action
		Ceintrey, France
Burial	Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France [1, 3]
Burial		American Battle Monuments Commission - Lorraine American Cemetery 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

Death - Cause: Killed in Action - 12 Sep 1944 - Ceintrey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

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Sources

[S13387] Findagrave.com, Headstone, Morgan, William M., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56658708/william-m-morgan), none. (Reliability: 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).
[S13367] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, William M. Morgan, (https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1903182) (Reliability: 2).