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Personal info

Full name
MURRAY, Francis Elliott
Date of birth
7 September 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33426268
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 March 1945
Place of death
Near Rückingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 21 24

Immediate family

Members
Frank E. Murray (father)
Anna M. (Rosenberry) Murray (mother)
May C. Murray (sister)
George E. Murray (brother)
Blanche A. (McAllister) Murray (wife)

More information

Pfc Francis E. Murray attended high school for two years and worked for Meadow Gold Dairies before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 15 February 1943. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire to the head.

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. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Meyer Richards Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - David Copass, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press 20 May 1945
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press 20 May 1945 / Public Opinion 7 August 1945