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Personal info

Full name
MURPHY, John Thomas "Jack"
Date of birth
1 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Dennison, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35593444
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Battery,
377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 October 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 1 2

Immediate family

Members
John J. Murphy (father)
Edna M. (O'Donnell) Murphy (mother)
James Murphy (brother)
Mary E. Murphy (sister)
Robert J. Murphy (brother)
Patrick J. Murphy (brother)
Alice (Spear) Murphy (wife)

More information

T/5 John T. Murphy attended high school for two years and worked as a grinder.

He enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 1 December 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Times

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Bill Smailes (nephew)