Serviceman
Orville D Murphy
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- Army serial number
- 16075352
- Rank
- Sgt (9 April 1944), T/Sgt (29 August 1944), TSGT (23 September 1944)
- Hometown
- FARMINGDALE IL
- Also written
- Orville Murphy
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1944 | Soldier's Medal | 3572 | TSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
3 entries, first 9 April 1944, last 29 August 1944; grades seen: Sgt, T/Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.
- 1944-04-09 815th: OFFICER FLD o & CAPT 1ST LT 2D LT
- 1944-07-30 815th: T/Sgt SV fr dy to sk in 4th Fld Hosp San Severo FLD o & CAPT
- 1944-08-29 815th: Fr sk in 4th Fld Hosp San Severo to dy
National Archives pages: roll 469121524 p. 676, roll 481431546 p. 191, roll 566192358 p. 2211
Photographs naming him
- Newsletter 202006, page 5 photograph · view at 15thaf.org
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Statements, mentions and histories
and the German language, as it is not translated to English. Such a situation developed one day in 1944 when Crew Chief Orville Murphy (815th) and his Ground Support Crew were making their ''after flight and bomb loading inspections" and cleaning their B-17. The following quotation from Fiftee
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