Name:
Gerald L. Murphy
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
20547809
Unit:
194th Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division
Date of Death:
1944-12-12
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
D
Row:
7
Grave:
38
Decoration:
Comments:
Gerald L. Murphy entered the military service in Ohio. He served in the 194th Glider Infantry, 17th Airborne Division as a Private during World War II. He was one of the 33 service members who were killed on site when a Horsa glider crashed on tookoff on December 12, 1944 at Greenham Common Airbase, England. He is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.