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Personal info

Full name
MURPHY, George F
Date of birth
24 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Noxen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33145156
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 September 1944
Place of death
Losheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 6 4

Immediate family

Members
Frank H. Murphy (father)
Nina B. (Steele) Murphy (mother)
Eva E. Murphy (sister)
Arline M. Murphy (sister)
Mallory A. Murphy (sister)
Mary M. Murphy (sister)
William M. Murphy (brother)
Frank H. Murphy Jr. (brother)
Bernice Murphy (sister)
Nancy J. Brown (half-sister)
Alice (Moran) Brown (wife)

More information

Pfc George F. Murphy was a driver.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 20 January 1942. He was sent overseas in January 1944.

His father died in 1935. His wife died in 1943.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1920 Census, family tree, The Wilkes Barre Record 9 October 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet