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Author: ELLinSpain
Surnames: MORGAN
Classification: biography
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World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
Name: Jerald Morgan
Inducted From: Indiana
Rank: Private
Combat Organization: 59th Cavalry Regiment
Death Date: 21 May 1943
Monument: Fort William McKinley, Manila, The Philippines
Last Known Status: Buried
WW11 POW'S
Name: Jerald Morgan
Race: White
Residence State: Indiana
Report Date: 7 May 1942
Latest Report Date: 21 May 1943
Grade: Private
Grade Notes: Cadet, USMA or Chief Warrant Officer or Private or Apprentice, Seaman
Service Branch: Army
Arm or Service: Coast Artillery Corps
Arm or Service Code: Coast Artillery Corps Or Amp: Army Mine Planter Service
Area Served: Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands
Detaining Country: Japan
Camp: Osaka Main Camp Chikko Osaka 34-135
Status: Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
ENLISTMENTS
Name: Jerald Morgan
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Indiana
State of Residence: Indiana
County or City: Daviess
Enlistment Date: 1 Feb 1941
Enlistment State: Indiana
Enlistment City: Fort Benjamin Harrison
Branch: Coast Artillery Corps
Branch Code: Coast Artillery Corps or Army Mine Planter Service
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the Philippine Department
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 2 years of high school
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 68
Weight: 134
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