George Joseph Murphy
Military
Assigned to 340BS, 97BG, 15AF Failed to Return (FTR) Verona 14-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31044; attacked by fighters, ditched off the coast off Calvi in Corsica. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 2395
Awards: AM (4OLC), EAME, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron 350th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Florence American Cemetery, Tavarnuzze, Italy
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Wilmington, Delaware | 10 July 1921 | Born Wilmington, Delaware |
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Enlisted |
Camden, New Jersey | 23 September 1942 | Enlisted Camden, New Jersey |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Off Calvi, Corsica | 14 February 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA) Off Calvi, Corsica |
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Buried Tablets of the Missing |
1 January 1946 | Tablets of the Missing Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Italy | |
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Buried |
Cathedral Cemetery Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware | 15 December 1965 | Remain interred Cathedral Cemetery Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware |