Sunday, November 8, 2009

First Morgan

This is my great-grandmother's brother.

Birth: Jan. 10, 1913
Hornersville
Dunklin County
Missouri, USA
Death: Apr. 21, 1945
Okinawa, Japan

Twins - First & Second Morgan, born to Joseph Charles Samuel Morgan and "Mamie" Mary MaLinda Clark.

First liked to be called "Oscar", a named he chose for himself. He worked as an undertaker at the Hanford Mortuary prior to entering the US Army for WW11. He never married. After his death, it took the Army 4 years to return his body from Okinawa to Hanford for burial, in 1949. The photo of Oscar in his Army uniform is of a painting, commissioned by the family.

Military: First enlisted in the US Army in 1941. SGT First Morgan, ID: 39004089. Hometown, Corcoran, Kings Co., CA. Status: KIA (Killed in Action) at the Battle of Okinawa, Operation ICEBURG on 21 April 1945



This information was taken from findagrave.com. Thank you Steve and Linda for posting this information!

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