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Personal info

Full name
MORSE, Richard Lawrence
Date of birth
10 April 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Fallbrook, San Diego County, California
Hometown
Fallbrook, San Diego County, California

Military service

Service number
39286607
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 May 1945
Place of death
Albon, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 21 36

Immediate family

Members
Thomas C. Morse (father)
Gertrude L. (Stewart) Morse (mother)
Robert J. Morse (brother)
Marion L. Morse (sister)
Billy B. Morse (sister)
Thomas R. Morse (brother)
Lawrence E. Morse (brother)
Judith D. Morse (sister)

More information

Pfc Richard L. Morse attended high school for one year and was a driver before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 2 March 1943.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Huff Seymour Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
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