Lowell H. Morris served in the US Air Corps as a Staff Sergeant and Gunner of an aircraft during World War II. Staff Sergeant Morris perished when U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-5-BW Superfortress #42-6286 "Praying Mantis" crashed into Shi-Ling (Snow Mountain) about 100 miles from the airbase at Cheng-tu, China when it ran low on fuel in poor weather while returning from mission over Japan. All eleven crew were killed in action. He is now buried in the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA. Ssgt Morris was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

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