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| PFC Charles Morrison served with the 83rd Infantry Division in Normandy. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55653394/charles-kelly-morrison https://www.pinterest.com/pin/644225921671693106/?lp=true |
Charles Kelly Morrison never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
He was born on May 11, 1919 in Kentucky. His parents Daniel and Sarah were also both born in Kentucky. His father worked as an oil field laborer. His mother died in 1920. By 1930 his father had remarried and was working as a farmer. Charles had three older brothers and three older sisters. He married Leona Johnson.
He was drafted into the army on November 11, 1942. He became a private first class in Company B, 1st Battalion, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division (nicknamed "Thunderbolt"). The 83rd ID arrived in England in April 1944.
The 83rd ID landed on Omaha Beach on June 18, 1944. It was sent to the fighting in the hedgerows south of Carentan nine days later. Within 10 days all companies in the 329th IR had suffered 50% casualties. The green troops fell to veteran German units who made effective use of heavy machine-guns, mortars, and 88mm guns. PFC Morrison was killed in action on July 5, 1944. His only son was born five days later.
His grave is at Lexington, Cemetery, in Lexington, Kentucky. His widow never remarried and died in 1999. His son died in 1997.
Last year on this date I profiled submariner Frank Cermak and Nobel Prize winner and Manhattan Project scientist Richard Feynman. You can read about Frank here.
On behalf of the fallen, if you would like to see more people become aware of this project to honor the WW2 fallen, be sure to share with others on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Thanks for your interest!
I created this video to explain why I started this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXt8QA481lY.
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Charles K. Morrison was my uncle. Thanks for doing this. - Bill Newman
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DeleteWould you like to add his story at the www.storiesbehindthestars.org project so people can read his story from their smartphone when visiting his gravesite?