Washington Co., AR - Obituaries - Capt. Douglas E. Morrow

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Springdale News
[Rogers Cemetery headstone death date: October 8, 1851]

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 postoffice, 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.

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