Eugene Morgan

Eugene Morgan

*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.

Birth: New Year's Day 1/1/1899, Birmingham, Alabama

Address: 2312 E. 28th St., Cleveland, Ohio

Demographics: no draft registration found; Black; native-born citizen

Appearance: no draft registration found where appearance would have been recorded

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 9/9/1917; Private

Service Number: 103674

Deployment: 12/12/1917 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Pocahontas

Action:

Death: July 5, 1918 at age 19; cause of death Influenza

Burial: burial information not found

Next of Kin: Mrs. Pearl Underwood, mother, 2312 E. 28th St., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: Stepfather: Amos Underwood (1865-?), born Alabama; occupations included Fireman at a Laundry, Boiler Maker and Machinist; Mother: Pearl [aka Paralee, Perelee, Parlee] Underwood; Siblings: Marie or Mary Morgan Crawford. Sibling list may be incomplete. No additional information located. Research may have been impeded by the scarcity of genealogical material for Black Americans at that time.