World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John E. Murphy
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Cohoes, New York
Honored By
M.J. Lynett
Enlisted in the U.S. Navy on December 7, 1943. He was a Signalman and was also assigned to sea duty on an army transport. He also spent several months as a minesweeper, searching for mines in the islands surrounding Japan.