Lee R. Morris

World War II
Service #3567873
RankPharmacist Mate Second Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From Texas
Date of DeathJuly 23 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Notes

Petty Officer Morris was killed in an aircraft crash and initially listed as Missing in Action. Following the war, the aircraft was located and he was identified. His name is permanently engraved on the Walls of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.