World War II Honoree

Eugene T. Morrissey

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Yakima, Washington

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: PRIVATE 1ST CLASS. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS OCTOBER 26, 1943 AND ATTENDED BOOT CAMP AT THE MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. PARTICIPATED IN THE NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN AND THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SERVED IN THE ORDNANCE DIVISION, ASSIGNED TO HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON-24, MARINE AIRCRAFT GROUP-24, 1ST MARINE AIRCRAFT WING, ATTACHED TO THE U.S. FAR EAST FIFTH AIR FORCE. HIS UNIT WAS STATIONED AT THE TACLOBAN AIRFIELD ON THE ISLAND OF LEYTE WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1944. HE WAS BURIED IN THE TACLOBAN, LEYTE BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY AND AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH JAPAN, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, WITH INTERMENT IN THE QUEEN OF PEACE CATHOLIC CEMETERY, ANTIGO, WISCONSIN.