Frederick C. Murphy - Saint-Avold, France
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Don.Morfe
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World War II Medal of Honor Recipient for action at the Siegfried Line at Saarlautern, Germany. He was KIA. He is buried in Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France in Plot F, Row 11, Grave 19.
Waymark Code: WM17DR9
Location: Grand-Est, France
Date Posted: 02/02/2023
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Frederick C. Murphy-He was born on July 27, 1918 in Boston, MA and he was killed in action on March 19, 1945 in Landkeis Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: FREDERICK C. MURPHY
Rank: Private First Class
Organization: U.S. Army
Company: Medical Detachment
Division: 259th Infantry, 65th Infantry Division
Born: Boston, Mass.
Departed: Yes
Entered Service At: Weymouth, Mass.
G.O. Number: 21
Date of Issue: 02/26/1946
Accredited To:
Place / Date: Siegfried Line at Saarlautern, Germany, 18 March 1945
Citation
An aid man, he was wounded in the right shoulder soon after his comrades had jumped off in a dawn attack 18 March 1945, against the Siegfried Line at Saarlautern, Germany. He refused to withdraw for treatment and continued forward, administering first aid under heavy machinegun, mortar, and artillery fire. When the company ran into a thickly sown antipersonnel minefield and began to suffer more and more casualties, he continued to disregard his own wound and unhesitatingly braved the danger of exploding mines, moving about through heavy fire and helping the injured until he stepped on a mine which severed one of his feet. In spite of his grievous wounds, he struggled on with his work, refusing to be evacuated and crawling from man to man administering to them while in great pain and bleeding profusely. He was killed by the blast of another mine which he had dragged himself across in an effort to reach still another casualty. With indomitable courage, and unquenchable spirit of self-sacrifice and supreme devotion to duty which made it possible for him to continue performing his tasks while barely able to move, Pfc. Murphy saved many of his fellow soldiers at the cost of his own life.
Armed Service: Army
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