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Personal info

Full name
MURPHY, James Joseph Jr
Date of birth
20 December 1909
Age
34
Place of birth
Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31464478
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Near Utweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 30 80

Immediate family

Members
James J. Murphy (father)
Hanna (Clynch) Murphy (mother)
Thomas J. Murphy (brother)

More information

Pvt James J. Murphy Jr. enlisted in Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 20 April 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, http://www.45thdivision.org
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