Name:
William T. Morse
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
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Unit:
560th Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1944-02-20
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Cemetery:
Holy Cross Cemetery, Texarkana, Texas
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William Thomas Morse was born on August 3, 1924. He was killed was serving as the top turret gunner on a B-17 that was hit by German anti-aircraft fire and subsequently attacked by fighter planes while returning from a mission over Poznan, Poland. He was briefly interred in Denmark and in the Ardennes American Cemetery before his body was transported back to the United States.