ai search of family history - August 17, 2026 - LFH What I can establish is that Thomas Elihu Morrow (1891-1954) was the husband of Sylvia Exer Clark Morrow (13 Aug 1896-25 Apr 1985). Their son was Douglas Elton Morrow, born 17 Nov 1917 in Greene County, Arkansas, and killed 8 Oct 1951 during the Korean War. There is also strong evidence for Thomas's family of origin. His brother Marcus Ambrose Morrow was born 21 Dec 1887 in Greene County, Arkansas, and their parents were Phillip Samuel Morrow (1863-1947) and Parthenia Breckenridge (1867-1950). Thomas appears between Marcus and Phillip Bailey Morrow in that family record. That makes Greene County-quite possibly the Paragould area-the leading candidate for Thomas's birthplace, but I would currently label that probable rather than proven. Sylvia herself was born in Paragould, and their son Douglas was born in Greene County. The most promising lead I found for getting the burial definitively is the Northwest Arkansas Genealogical Society's published Washington County cemetery surveys. An online source catalog specifically identifies multiple volumes of Cemeteries of Washington Co., AR, including a Fayetteville National Cemetery volume. For a funeral-home historical record, I would presently enter him cautiously as: Thomas Elihu Morrow Born: 1891 - probably Greene County, Arkansas Died: 1954 - reportedly Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas Wife: Sylvia Exer Clark Morrow (1896-1985) Son: Douglas Elton Morrow (1917-1951) Burial: not yet verified The next place I'd target is the 1954 Fayetteville Daily Democrat/Northwest Arkansas Times death notices, because the obituary should give the exact death date, birthplace, funeral home, church, and cemetery. The ordinary web index isn't surfacing that newspaper notice, so at this point a newspaper-archive or library database search is needed rather than guessing from genealogy pages. ========== Freda - Hi, I found the following taken from the Korean War records on file at the National Archives regarding his service. I thought you might like to ‘copy and paste' it to his memorial… Douglas was living in Benton, AR when he enlisted and was a member of the 936th Field Artillery Battalion, I Corps. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on October 8, 1951. Captain Morrow was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal. [Thank you Finding Family for the information] ************ Funeral Services Held at Rogers for Capt. Morrow Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Rogers High school auditorium for Capt. Douglas E. Morrow, the only member of the Rogers National Guard unit to lose his life in Korea. Morrow was a former member of the Holcomb Street Church of Christ in Springdale and preached there and in rural churches, as a lay minister. He lost his life October 8, 1951 when artillery ammunition being used by the Bentonville battery exploded. Several other men were injured by the blast. Capt. Morrow was born near Paragould, Ark., November 17, 1917, the son of Thomas C. and Sylvia Clark Morrow. He attend Paragould schools until 1928 when his family moved to a farm near Springdale in Benton county. He had previously served with the National Guard unit during World War II, overseas, then rejoined the service for the Korea fighting on leave from the post office, where he worked. Mayor Robert Vogt proclaimed Tuesday as a day of mourning for men lost in Korea and business offices were to close from 3 to 4 p.m. for the funeral. In addition, the Rogers schools were closed. Eld Otis R. Jones of Rucumcari, N.M., assisted by Eld Ralph Gage of Fort Smith, were in charge of the rites and burial was in the Rogers cemetery under direction of the Burns Funeral home. [ Thank you Contributor: JKHCCD (47565933) for the information] ******************** He preached for the Holcomb Street Church of Christ and other small rural churches around Northwest Arkansas before going to Korea where he was killed in action. (per Joshua Dement) [Thank you Contributor: debbie hendrix (48061624) • memeinfl9953@aol.com for the information] Inscription Ark Capt 936 Field Arty BN Korea Family Members Parents Thomas Elihu Morrow 1891-1954 Sylvia Exer Clark Morrow 1896-1985 Spouse Charlene "Cheen" Flowers King 1927-2022 (m. 1943) Siblings Durward Clark Morrow 1916-2005 Golvia Augusta Tomazine Morrow Reeves 1919-2025 Graydon Samuel Morrow 1921-1986