Morgan, John Henry, 1st Lt

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Final Rank
First Lieutenant

Last MOS
AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter

Last MOS Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1943-1944, AAF MOS 1055, 79th Fighter Group

Service Years
1942 - 1944

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Georgia

Year of Birth
1920

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Casualty Info

Home Town Cartersville, Georgia	Last Address Madna Airfield, Italy

Casualty Date Jan 02, 1944
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Italy	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment American Cemetery - Sicily-Rome, Italy	Wall/Plot Coordinates Plot E Row 9 Grave 27

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2013, Tuskegee Airmen - Assoc. Page
	2013, World War II Fallen

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments


	1943-1943, AAF MOS 1055, 33rd Fighter Group
	1943-1943, AAF MOS 1055, 324th Fighter Group
	1943-1943, AAF MOS 1055, 33rd Fighter Group
	1943-1944, AAF MOS 1055, 99th Fighter Squadron
	1943-1944, AAF MOS 1055, 79th Fighter Group

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1943-1943 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Air Offensive, Europe Campaign (1942-44)/Operation Strangle
	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Anzio Campaign (1944)

My Aircraft/Missiles


	1942-1942, PT-17 Kaydet
	1942-1942, BT-13 Valiant
	1942-1942, AT-6 Texan
	1942-1944, P-40 Warhawk/Kittyhawk

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

He was killed when he landed down wind and down hill and his aircraft rolled past the end of the runway and into a ditch and his head hit the gunsight.

Comments/Citation:

Sources:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56312429
http://www.abmc.gov/node/548813#.VocRSIRX2FI
Book: "Red tails, Black Wings", The Men of America's Black Air Force; by John B. Holway, Yucca Tree Press, 1997.