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MURRY, George Brinton - Date of
birth
28 July 1923 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma -
Hometown
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
18162590 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator -
Unit
409th Bombardment Squadron,
93rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
22 December 1943 - Place of
death
IJsselmeer, 15 km northeast of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
John G. Murry (father)
Mary S. Murry (mother)
John S. Murry (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-63969 -
Data
Type: B-24D
Destination: Osnabruck, Germany
Mission: Bombing of communication lines
MACR: 2193
More information
T/Sgt George B. Murry graduated from Central High School in 1940 and attended the University of Tulsa for one year. He was employed as a clerk at Skelly Oil Company.He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 9 November 1942. In April 1943 he graduated from radio school in Sioux Falls, North Dakota. He received his sergeant ranking and wings when he graduated 31 May 1943 from the aerial gunnery school in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Crews of other airplanes in the formation spotted this airplane for the last time in the vicinity of 5238N-0620E. At this point the group ran into intense flak and concentrated enemy fighter attacks. To avoid the flak the lead aircraft took violent evasive action which scattered the formation. In the confusion the whereabouts of this aircraft remained unknown.
The entire crew of nine men was killed.
T/Sgt Murry is remembered at Rose Hill Memorial Park in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma with a memorial marker.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR / WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Doug Hunt, The University of Tulsa 1941, www.findagrave.com - Dennis Wilson