William Alexander Morgan

William Alexander Morgan
Born	(1928-04-19)April 19, 1928 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died	March 11, 1961(1961-03-11) (aged 32) Havana, Cuba
Cause of death	Execution by firing squad
Burial place	Colon Cemetery, Havana
Nationality	American
Citizenship	American (revoked in 1959, posthumously restored in 2009) Cuban (1959–1961)
Occupation	Revolutionary
Years active	1957–1961
Known for	Commander of the Second National Front of the Escambray
Military career
Allegiance	United States (until 1959)
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1945–1948

William Alexander Morgan (April 19, 1928 – March 11, 1961) was an American-born Cuban guerrilla commander who fought in the Cuban Revolution, leading a band of rebels that drove the Cuban army from key positions in the central mountains as part of Second National Front of Escambray, thereby helping to pave the way for Fidel Castro's forces to secure victory. Morgan was one of about two dozen U.S. citizens to fight in the revolution and one of only three foreign nationals to hold the rank of comandante in the rebel forces.^[1] In the years after the revolution, Morgan became disenchanted with Castro's turn to communism and he became one of the leaders of the CIA-supplied Escambray rebellion. In 1961, he was arrested by the Cuban government and, after a military trial, executed by firing squad in the presence of Fidel and Raúl Castro.^[2][3]