World War II Honoree

Morris Wayne Yount

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lamar, Missouri

Honored By

Joplin Lodge 501, B.P.O.E.

MASTER SERGEANT. REPORTED TO JEFFERSON BARRACKS, CAMP ROBERTSON; TRANSFERRED TO CAMP BUTLER AND SENT TO WAR ZONE IN 1944. HE SERVED UNDER JOHN H. YOUNG, JR., WHO BECAME A BRIGADIER GENERAL. HE FOUGHT AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND RECEIVED HIS FIRST PURPLE HEART FOR A WOUND RECEIVED WHILE CROSSING THE RHINE RIVER.