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Personal info

Full name
MURRAY, James McKinley
Date of birth
20 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan
Hometown
Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
O2005994
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
Oberhoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 42 29

Immediate family

Members
William F. Murray (father)
Margaret A. Murray (mother)

More information

2nd Lt James M. Murray graduated from Coldwater High School with the class of 1941 and attended Alabama University where he studied engineering. He was employed at the Ford Motor Company before he enlisted in September 1943. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Coleman, www.newspapers.com – Battle Creek Enquirer - 9 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy