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Personal info

Full name
MURRAY, Philip Wilhelm Jr
Date of birth
13 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Elizabeth City County, Virginia
Hometown
New Port News City, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33545770
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
376th Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 2 9

Immediate family

Members
Philip W. Murray (father)
Ethel C. (Robertson) Murray (mother)
Frances R. Murray (sister)
David M. Murray (brother)

More information

T/5 Philip W. Murray attended college before he enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 18 December 1943.

He is remembered at the Peninsula Memorial Park in Newport News, Newport News City, Virginia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / McCrary Family Tree, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com – Steve Centner, www.newspapers.com – Daily Press Virginia 31 December 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Steve Centner, 1943 VPI yearbook "The Bugle"