Pvt. Edmund Jerome Murphy
Born: 20 October 1925 – Oak Park, Illinois
Parents: James C. Murphy & Helen Delhanity-Murphy
Siblings: 1 sister, 4 brothers
Home: 1638 South 15th Avenue – Maywood, Illinois
Education:
– St. Eulalia School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1944
– left in February 1944
Selective Service Registration: 20 October 1943
Contact Person: Helen Murphy – mother
– registered while he was a senior in high school
Enlisted:
– 1 March 1944
– U.S. Army
Training:
– Fort McClellan, Alabama
Died:
– 18 June 1944
– drowned during basic training
Funeral: Saint Eulalia Catholic Church
Buried
– 23 June 1944
– Mount Carmel Cemetery – Hillside, Illinois
