World War II Honoree

Ellrie Morgan Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Clymer, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Patricia Morgan

Relationship

Daughter

Enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps on August 11, 1941 in Clymer, PA. His date of entry into active service was on August 23, 1941 at Camp Lee, VA. Technical Sergeant (T/Sgt) Ellrie Morgan’s Honorable Discharge and date of separation was on November 17, 1945 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, PA from the 1417 Army Air Force Base Unit European Division Air Transport Command. His WWII total length of service was 4 years, 2 months, and 25 days (2 years, 6 months and 27 days - Continental and 1 year, 7 months and 28 days - Foreign). He received the Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal, American Theater Service Medal, and the European-African-Middle Eastern (EAME) Theater Service medal with 1 Bronze Star for the Rome Arno battle/campaign. Additionally, he received a Marksmanship Badge for Pistol.