Walter Mathias Morrison
(1899-1918)
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Walter Mathias Morrison
Walter Mathias Morrison
Photo Credit: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Gravestone, Private Walter Mathias Morrison, Saint Peters Cemetery, North Ridgeville, OH
Gravestone, Private Walter Mathias Morrison, Saint Peters Cemetery, North Ridgeville, OH
Gravestone of Private Walter Mathias Morrison's parents showing possible erroneous birthdates
Gravestone of Private Walter Mathias Morrison's parents showing possible erroneous birthdates
Walter Mathias Morrison
Walter Mathias Morrison
*No plaque located*
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque*
Birth: 9/16/1899, Cleveland, OH
Birth: 9/16/1899, Cleveland, OH
Address: 6815 Pear Ave., Cleveland, OH [parents' address]
Demographics: marital status not known; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation not known
Appearance: (see photo)
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: no draft registration located; enlistment date 6/18/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: no draft registration located; enlistment date 6/18/1918; Private
Service Number: 4607560
Deployment: deployment record not located
Action: USMC Parris Island SC June 10/18; Co O July 11/18; OSD Quantico VA Aug 8/18; France Aug 27/18; 2 Div 79 Co Oct 13/18. Meuse-Argonne. AEF Aug 27/18 to death. Character excellent. File no 124538
Death: November 11, 1918 [Armistice Day] at age 19; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: November 11, 1918 [Armistice Day] at age 19; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried locally after death in Ardennes, France; 3/14/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Sedan American Cemetery, Letanne, Ardennes, France; 1/5/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Calais, France 2/10/1921; 2/27/1921 remains shipped from Calais to Hoboken, NJ aboard USAT Somme arriving Hoboken 3/14/1921; 3/22/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving 3/23/1921 to the care of Frank G. Nunn, Undertaker, 3924 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial Saint Peters Cemetery, Root Rd., North Ridgeville, OH, Lot 44 Block A Grave 5, alongside his parents*
Burial: buried locally after death in Ardennes, France; 3/14/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Sedan American Cemetery, Letanne, Ardennes, France; 1/5/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Calais, France 2/10/1921; 2/27/1921 remains shipped from Calais to Hoboken, NJ aboard USAT Somme arriving Hoboken 3/14/1921; 3/22/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving 3/23/1921 to the care of Frank G. Nunn, Undertaker, 3924 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial Saint Peters Cemetery, Root Rd., North Ridgeville, OH, Lot 44 Block A Grave 5, alongside his parents*
Next of Kin: Mr. Peter J. Morrison, father, 6815 Pear Ave., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: Mr. Peter J. Morrison, father, 6815 Pear Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information:
Private Walter Mathias Morrison was the oldest child in his family. He died on Armistice Day.
Father: Peter George Morrison (1876-1953), born Ohio, occupation House Painter; Mother: Helania "Helen" Nuhn Morrison (1879-1958), born Ohio, had at least 4 children; Siblings: George Hugh Morrison (1903-1968); Lillian P. Morrison (1907-1978); David R. Morrison (1910-1978), who had a son named Walter Morrison, presumably the namesake of Private Walter Mathias Morrison.
*Discrepancy: A Peter and Helen Morrison are listed on the Saint Peters Cemetery website (the same cemetery where Private Morrison is buried), but their birth dates do not correspond to the birthdates recorded above of the parents of Private Morrison. See gravestone photo on this page.
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