KOREAN WAR PROJECT REMEMBRANCE

MAJ Edmund James Murphy

Bronze Star Olc V Device
8668th Army Unit Missions Command
Army
Hostile, Died While Captured (POW)
Date Of Loss: November 27, 1950
Service Number: O-1168389
Born: June 22, 1919
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Oakland, California
Burial Location
San Francisco National Cemetery

Comments: Major Murphy was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was a member of the 8668th Army Unit, Korean Military Assistance Group (KMAG). He was taken Prisoner of War while advising the South Koreans in North Korea on November 27, 1950 and died while a prisoner on April 30, 1951. Artillery Liaison.

Final Disposition Date: April 30, 1951
Korean War Project Key No: 21406

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