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Personal info

Full name
MURPHY, Dennis Waldburg Jr
Date of birth
19 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
Hometown
Chatham County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
14141974
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Near Neffe, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 49

Immediate family

Members
Dennis W. Murphy (father)
Gertrude M. Murphy (mother)
Helen Murphy (sister)
Catherine Murphy (sister)
Gertrude Murphy (sister)
Joan Murphy (sister)
Mary A. Murphy (daughter)

More information

Pfc Dennis W. Murphy Jr. volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 18 November 1942.

He was reported seriously wounded in action on 5 October, 1944 and after being hospitalized, he returned to duty on 29 November 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Savannah Evening Press - 15 January 1945