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Personal info

Full name
MURRAY, William John
Date of birth
25 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York
Hometown
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York

Military service

Service number
42096434
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mannheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 4 20

Immediate family

Members
Eugene F. Murray (father)
Thomas E. Allen (stepfather)
Grace M. (Reid) Allen (mother)
Robert E. Murray (brother)
Marie C. Murray (sister)
Dorothy J. Murray (sister)

More information

Pvt William J. Murray attended high school for three years and was a clerk, employed at a U.S. Post Office.
He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 27 July 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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