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2LT Matthew Clark Morrison

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2LT Matthew Clark Morrison Veteran

Birth
Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
31 Jul 1943 (aged 26)
Sicilia, Italy
Burial
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION E SITE 71-72
Memorial ID
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Second Lieutenant, 340th Bomb Squadron, 340th Bomb Group, World War II.

Crewmember aboard B-25C Mitchell #42-64535. Shot down by anti-aircraft artillery flak over Sicily, Italy, July 31, 1943. MACR 15461.

All five airmen aboard were killed:

1st Lt. Erwin H Wilke
2nd Lt. Matthew C Morrison
2nd Lt. George F Noble
T/Sgt. William Joseph Brown Jr
Sgt. Harry S Wilson

** This aircraft may have been attached to the 340th Weapons Squadron, but unconfirmed.
~
Parents: George Clark Morrison, Frances Marie Hyland.

Entered the service from Illinois; Cook County; Service ID: O-663648.
Enlisted at Chicago, IL, December 18, 1941.
Second Lieutenant, 340th Bomb Squadron, 340th Bomb Group, World War II.

Crewmember aboard B-25C Mitchell #42-64535. Shot down by anti-aircraft artillery flak over Sicily, Italy, July 31, 1943. MACR 15461.

All five airmen aboard were killed:

1st Lt. Erwin H Wilke
2nd Lt. Matthew C Morrison
2nd Lt. George F Noble
T/Sgt. William Joseph Brown Jr
Sgt. Harry S Wilson

** This aircraft may have been attached to the 340th Weapons Squadron, but unconfirmed.
~
Parents: George Clark Morrison, Frances Marie Hyland.

Entered the service from Illinois; Cook County; Service ID: O-663648.
Enlisted at Chicago, IL, December 18, 1941.

Inscription

2LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II

Gravesite Details

Interred June 23, 1949.


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