Application for World War II Compensation for Frank Black Morgan

Application for World War II Compensation for Frank Black Morgan

Application for WWII Compensation for Frank Morgan

World War II, 1939-1945

Veterans--Florida

Army

An application for World War II Compensation completed by Edna Grace Morgan, the mother of First Lieutenant Frank Black Morgan (1920-1944). 1st Lt. Morgan was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, on January 28, 1920, to Samuel Morgan and Edna Grace Morgan. Samuel Morgan was a first generation American of Northern Irish descent, working in the publishing industry as an editor and linotype operation. Edna Morgan (née Black) was a native of Pennsylvania. 1st Lt. Morgan had two older brothers: Samuel Cree Morgan (1909-1990) and James Alexander Morgan (1912-1982). The Morgans owned a home on 17 Clopper Street in Greensburg, where 1st Lt. Morgan resided until he entered active service on April 27, 1942, out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the age of 22. 1st Lt. Morgan trained at MacDuill Field, a U.S. Army Air Corps which would become MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, and then served with the 555th Bomber Squadron, a unit within the 386th Bomber Group. 1st Lt. Morgan served his country with distinction, earning an Air Medal with Eight Oak Leaf Clusters. He died on December 20, 1944, four days into the Ardennes Counteroffensive, also known as the Battle of the Bulge. His death is listed as non-battle related, suggesting that he may have been one of the many Martin B-26 Marauder crashes at takeoff or upon landing. 1st Lt. Morgan died just before the end of World War II at the age of 24. 1st Lt. Morgan is buried in Plot B, Row 39, Grave 46 at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France. A second memorial was organized by his family is at Parker Presbyterian Cemetery in Parker, Pennsylvania.

Morgan, Edna Grace

Digital reproduction of original typewritten application.

ca. 1950

Original typewritten application: <a href="http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission</a>, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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1-page handwritten application

eng

Text

Greensburg, Pennsylvania

St. Petersburg, Florida

Donation

History Teacher

Civics/Government Teacher

Originally created by Edna Grace Morgan.

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Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Project

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