TSGT Morris E Acuff (1922-1943) - Find a Grave Memorial

TSGT Morris E Acuff Veteran

Birth

10 Feb 1922

USA

Death

8 Aug 1943 (aged 21)

Port Moresby, National Capital District, National Capital, Papua New Guinea

Burial

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Add to Map

Plot

B, 1129

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United States Army Technical Sergeant Acuff was a crew member on "Big Emma", a combat Liberator with the 321st Bomber Squadron, 90th Bombardment Group, when it crashed into a mangrove swamp near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Sergeant Acuff and 11 members of the crew were killed.

Morris was awarded the Purple Heart and the Air Medal.

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