Navajo Code Talker, PFC, Ralph Morgan
Born: November 1925, Crownpoint, McKinley County, New Mexico USA
Died: December 30, 1943, papua new guinea
PFC Ralph Morgan was born in Crownpoint New Mexico on 14 November 1925 to Ned and Katherine B. Morgan. He enlisted 3 October 1942 and was attached to the 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division July 1943 as a Navajo Code Talker. He died at age 19 on 30 December 1943 at West New Britain, Papua New Guinea 1 as part of the New Guinea campaign, which began early in 1942 and has been described as “one of the most horrific battlegrounds of World War II.” 2 He was interred at the Santa Fe National Cemetery on 11 March 1949.3
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Ralph Morgan gravestone. Find-a-Grave. Photo added by truchasnm on 23 May 2011. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17574045/ralph-morgan
Notes:
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17574045/ralph-morgan
- The National WW2 Museum “Angels and Victims: The People of New Guinea in World War II” https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/people-of-papua-new-guinea#:~:text=The%20New%20Guinea%20campaign%20was,New%20Guineans%20to%20achieve%20victory.&text=For%20the%20white%20Australian%20and,battlegrounds%20of%20World%20War%20II.
- Quartermaster General, Washington D. C. Internment Record
Prepared by Sue Taylor. PhD, Central New Mexico Community College. staylor61@cnm.edu
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