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Personal info

Full name
MURPHY, Homer W
Date of birth
3 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Leesburg, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Hometown
Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35842377
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Sector Bütgenbacher Heck-Dom Bütgenbach, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 14 16

Immediate family

Members
William A. Murphy (father)
Mary C. Murphy (mother)
Katherine Murphy (sister)
Betty Murphy (sister)
Audria Murphy (sister)
Donnabelle Murphy (sister)
Jeanette E. (Summers) Murphy (wife)
Kenneth A. Murphy (son)

More information

Pvt Homer W. Murphy enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 13 June 1944. He attended high school for 1 year and was a chauffeur before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, Warsaw Daily Union - Jan 22, 1945, www.archives.gov

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp