J. E. Murphy

James Edmund Murphy

Birth: 2/6/1891; Cleveland, OH

Address: 10713 Earl St., Cleveland, OH  

Demographics: age 26 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; occupation Mechanic at Chandler Motor Co., St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, OH; natural born citizen

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank:  6/5/1917; 9/18/1917; Private  

Service Number: 794934

Deployment: 4/24/1918 from Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Leviathan 

Action: Co C 15th Machine Gun Battalion; MG Co 331 Inf to Feb 22/18; Co C 15 MG Bn to death; Private 1cl May 11/18; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector; Wounded in Action slightly 10/16/1918; AEF Apr 24/18 to Feb 9/19

Death: 2/12/1919 at age 28 at Camp Stewart, VA; cause of death broncho-pneumonia (may have been a victim of the 1918-1920 flu pandemic?)

Burial: No information 

Next of Kin: Mrs. J. Murphy, mother, 1190 Rozelle Ave., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: mother Jane Murphy died 6/18/1935; brothers Frank J. and William Henry; sister Helen; church listed as St. Aloysius