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Christopher Michael Murphy
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Rank
Private, U.S. Army
Unit
G CO 19 INF 24 DIV
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Date of Death
September 24, 1950
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Private Murphy was a member of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was wounded and taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Taejon, South Korea on July 30, 1950. He was held prisoner in the Taejon jail. When his injured right leg became gangrenous, it had to be amputated. He died three days later on September 24, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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