World War II Honoree

Albert Cleo Murray

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Rebecca, Georgia

Honored By

Barbara Billingsley

Relationship

Sister

BASIC TRAINING; FORT MCCLELLAND, ALABAMA, THEN TO NEW YORK TO BOARD QUEEN ELIZABETH TO ENGLAND. SERVED THERE FROM CHRISTMAS 1943 UNTIL JUNE, THEN TO NORMANDY BEACH ON JUNE 10. WOUNDED BY GERMAN MACHINE GUNS ON JUNE 24, 1944. SPENT 16 MONTHS IN ARMY HOSPITAL IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. HONORABLE DISCHARGE, OCTOBER 9, 1945 WITH 100% DISABILITY. RECEIVED PURPLE HEART, AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL WITH BRONZE BATTLE STAR.