Morrison, Bill
Army Private 1st class

Bill Morrison, age 29, from Alabama, Jefferson county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1944
Death details: On July 9, 2021, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private First Class Bill Morrison, missing from World War II. Private First Class Morrison entered the U.S. Army from Alabama and was a member of Headquarters Company, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. On November 8, 1944, he was killed in action during his unit’s attack on a series of enemy pillboxes near Simonskall, Germany. Battle conditions prevented the recovery of PFC Morrison’s remains at the time. In 1946, an unknown set of remains were recovered from the area south of Germeter, Germany. This set of remains was accessioned into the DPAA laboratory in 2019 for potential identification. A multidisciplinary analysis led to the identification of the remains as those of PFC Marrison.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency