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Personal info

Full name
MINER, Morris Emerson Jr
Date of birth
16 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Millcreek, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13135204
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 October 1944
Place of death
Moncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 67

Immediate family

Members
Morris E. Miner Sr. (father)
Priscilla E. Miner (mother)
Patricia E. Miner (sister)
Joan E. Miner (sister)

More information

Pvt Morris E. Miner Jr. attended high school for four years before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Erie, Pennsylvania on 7 June 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Millcreek High School 1943 Kaldron Yearbook