Service Number -1976010

Third Platoon

Company L Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 19 Sep 1917. Listed as Private. Transferred to 132nd INF per SO#108 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 20 Apr 1918. Assigned to Co L, 132nd INF per VOCO 23 Apr 1918. - Muster Roll May-June 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll July 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Aug 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. Sick-in-Hospital. - Muster Roll Oct 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. - Company Roster November 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Company Roster December 1918 A.E.F. Junglinster, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. NOTE: Surname listed as MOLLETT in error. - Company Roster January 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster February 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster March 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. Absent with Leave 22 March. - Company Roster April 1919 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. Rejoined 6 April 1919. - Company Roster May 1919 Camp Grant, Illinois.: Discharged 31 May 1919. Listed as Private First Class.

WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps
 

WWI Draft Registration. Select image for larger view. Will open in a new browser window or tab.

Post War Occupations / Bio:

the 1940 United States Federal Census
Name: James R Murphy
Respondent: Yes
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: St Louis, St Louis City, Missouri
Street: Menard Street
House Number: 2209 Rear
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: St Louis, St Louis City, Missouri
Residence in 1935: St Louis
Occupation: Stage Hand
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 10
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 5th grade
Duration of Unemployment: 230
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members Age Relationship
James R Murphy 48 Head
Barbara Murphy 38 Wife

WWII Draft Registration.

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

the U.S. Veterans' Gravesites
Name: James Ray Murphy
Death Age: 61
Birth Date: 20 Feb 1892
Service Start Date: 19 Sep 1917
Service End Date: 31 May 1919
Death Date: 26 Mar 1953
Interment Date: 30 Mar 1953
Cemetery Address: 2900 Sheridan Road St. Louis, MO 63125
Cemetery: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Interment Place: Missouri
Plot: SECTION 85 SITE 212
Notes: PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR I

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