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Personal info

Full name
MURRAY, Collin Bernard
Date of birth
28 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Denmark, Brown County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Forest County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
16132342
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 14 33

Immediate family

Members
Collin J. Murray (father)
Emma E. Murray (mother)
Sa Verne M. Murray (sister)
Jacqulina E. Murray (sister)
Dolores R. Murray (sister)
Elizabeth B. Murray (sister)
John A. Murray (brother)
Elaine R. Murray (sister)
Janet E. Murray (sister)

More information

Pvt Collin B. Murray volunteered for the US Army in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 16 October 1942.
He worked on a farm before he volunteered.
Pvt Collin B. Murray was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium Block I, Row 7, Grave 157.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet / Joanne Morehouse, Green Bay Press-Gazette 27 January 1945