Walter Mathias Morrison
(1899-1918)
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Walter Mathias Morrison
Walter Mathias Morrison
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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, Private Walter Mathias Morrison's parents, showing possible erroneous birthdates
Gravestone, Private Walter Mathias Morrison's parents, showing possible erroneous birthdates
Walter Mathias Morrison
Walter Mathias Morrison
*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: 9/16/1899, Cleveland, OH
Birth: 9/16/1899, Cleveland, OH
Address: 6815 Pear Ave., Cleveland, OH [parents' address]
Demographics: draft registration not found which would have contained additional demographic information; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander
Appearance: see photo at left
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 6/18/1918; rank Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 6/18/1918; rank 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 [died on Armistice Day] at age 19; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: November 11, 1918 [died on 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 at 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 at 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: Peter Morrison 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. See their gravestone photo below. This is most likely a typographical error.
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