Morris Grady, Jr.

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Grady, Jr. Morris is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

740th ''Daredevil'' Tank Battalion Monument

Name:

Grady, Jr. Morris

Rank:

Technician 5th Grade

Serial Number:

38474899

Unit:

740th Tank Battalion

Date of Death:

1945-02-25

State:

Texas

Cemetery:

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Li�ge, Belgium

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Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Grady Morris Jr. was born on June 2, 1924, in Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma. He was the son of Elsie Powell Scaggs. T5 Morris served in the United States Army with the 740th Tank Battalion in World War II. Known as the �Daredevil Tankers�, the 740th was a separate battalion that fought from Utah Beach all the way to the Baltic Sea in support of various divisions of the US war effort.

T5 Morris was Killed in Action on February 25, 1945, in Germany. He is now buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Li�ge, Belgium.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, weremember.abmc.gov