World War II Honoree

Thomas Arlington Morgan

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Rison, Arkansas

Honored By

Ms. Rebecca Morgan Cheney

Relationship

Niece

SERGEANT. SERVED AS A RADIO OPERATOR/GUNNER ON A B-26 MARAUDER BOMBER. LAST STATIONED GARBUTT FIELD, AUSTRALIA. LAST MISSION WAS TO TARGETS SOMEWHERE NEAR LAE, NEW GUINEA ON JULY 4, 1942. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, AFTER HITTING THE TARGET, HIS PLANE COLLIDED IN MID-AIR WITH AN ENEMY FIGHTER. HE WAS LISTED MISSING IN ACTION AS OF 6 JULY 1942 AND DECLARED PRESUMED DEAD AS OF 12 DECEMBER 1945.