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Personal info

Full name
MURRILL, Richard Lynn
Date of birth
10 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39017084
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
22 September 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 10 32

Immediate family

Members
Frank E. Murrill (father)
Florence B. (Hayes) Murrill (mother)
Edward W. Murrill (brother)
Mary V. Murrill (sister)
Robert J. Murrill (brother)
Roland H. Murrill (brother)
John L. Murrill (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard L. Murrill attended high school for two years and was employed at the Sturdie Overhead Door Company before he enlisted at Fort McArthur, California on 17 January 1942.

He died of acute alcohol poisoning.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Leigh MacDonald Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

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