World War II
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Fallen
Fallen
County:
McHenry
Date of Loss:
Branch of Service:
Navy
Rank:
Seaman 2nd Class
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968
Circumstances:
Died in service in San Peblo, California
Biography:
Bill Martin Murphy, Jr was born in Granville, McHenry County, North Dakota on November 22, 1923, to William Martin and Mabel A Kelsey Murphy. He entered the United States Navy in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 24, 1944.
O/s theater unknown; died in service December 20, 1945, in San Peblo, California; burial place unknown.
Source: Ancestry