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[Bigdibbs88]

Hi guys-  I'd really appreciate any help with information on my great uncle.  I was able to find the text version of his casualty card but not the actual card itself which I believe would have more information.  The text version seems to back up the family story that he was wounded on Okinawa.  His name was Thomas William Morris- Co.B 1/1.  From Michigan. If possible I'd like to confirm that it was Okinawa and try to put some circumstances around his wounding.

 

Thanks!

Edited by Bigdibbs88, 13 February 2019 - 02:56 PM.

[Blacksmith]

Hello. This is likely him. B-1-1, on a muster roll from April 1945.

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[ww2marine]

Like Blacksmith shows he was indeed on Okinawa. Service # 404601 if you were so inclined to order his file. Ancestry shows he does have a casualty card for the Okinawa campaign, but it fails to list the exact day and nature of wounds. You can request his casualty card here at this email address: [email protected] .This is the Marine Corps Historical department on Quantico that keeps the casualty cards. His actual card should have more information. Hope this hepls

[Bigdibbs88]

looks like he was a machinegunner.  Thank you both!  I will email the USMC address.

Edited by Bigdibbs88, 14 February 2019 - 03:59 PM.