World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
Eddy
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Marines
Rank:
Sergeant
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968
Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater
Engagements/Battles:
Battle of Iwo Jima
Circumstances:
Killed in action in Iwo Jima
Biography:
Paul D Morgan was born in Kenmare, Eddy County, North Dakota on September 17, 1917, to Clyde G and Lydia Lucille Cunningham Fujiwara Morgan. He entered the United States Marine Corps in Seattle, Washington on September 17, 1935, and served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. Sergeant Morgan was killed in action on March 7, 1945, in Iwo Jima, Ogasawara-shicho, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. He is buried in Grave 7, Section D, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Sergeant Morgan received the Purple Heart.
Source: Ancestry/Find a Grave