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Personal info

Full name
MURPHY, Charles Thomas
Date of birth
11 October 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Hometown
Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
32234793
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
81st Tank Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 9 12

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Murphy (father)
Ellen A. (Lynch) Murphy (mother)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.5ad.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: Peter Schouteten