World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Melvin Walter Morris
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Honored By
Sam E. Pennartz
Airplane Command Pilot, B-29 Superfortress serial #44-61573, tail code Trianle-I-6, 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bombardment Group (VH), 58th Bomb Wing, XXI Bomber Command, 20th Air Force at West Field on Tinian in the Mariana Islands, Pacific Theatre of Operations. Mission #234: During the night of 28-29 June 1945, TRI-I-6 is one of 138 B-29 bombers launched to bombard the Okayama urban area on the main island of Honshu, Japan. Medium to heavy AAA-flak is reported over the target; with TRI-I-6 crashing in Miyaura, Koura Village, Kojima County, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.