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Personal info

Full name
MORSE, Robert Harold
Date of birth
12 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Jasper County, Mississippi
Hometown
Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34870908
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Sionviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 43 16

Immediate family

Members
William F. Morse (father)
Charles Morse (brother)
Arthur Morse (brother)

More information

Pfc Robert H. Morse was employed at the Jay Jay Chevrolet Company in Mississippi before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 17 August 1943. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

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

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com – The Daily Herald Gulport and Biloxi 18 October 1944

Photo source: www.newspaperarchive.com - Biloxi Daily Herald