World War II Honoree

Albert Wayne Murphy

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Louisville, Illinois

Honored By

Robert Medley Gatewood

ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON 19 MARCH 1943 AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. TRAINED AND DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON 22 APRIL 1944 BOUND FOR THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SERVED AS A CHIEF CLERK (052) WITH THE 52ND PORTABLE SURGICAL HOSPITAL, 7TH MEDICAL BATTALION, 7TH INFANTRY ‘BAYONET’ DIVISION THROUGH THE MANDATED ISLANDS, SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES AND RYUKYUS CAMPAIGNS. EARNED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE BATTLE STARS, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE STAR AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT ON 28 DECEMBER, 1945 AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI.