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MORRIS EDWIN STEWART
Gunner’s Mate Third Class, United States Navy
USS MISSISSIPPI (BB-41)
New Mexico-class battleship, commissioned December 18, 1917
Date of Enlistment: June 7, 1942
Home or Place of Enlistment: Meridian, Idaho
Date of Loss
: November 20, 1943
Killed in Action (turret explosion)
during the bombardment of Makin Islands
while participating in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign.
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