Raymond g murphy biography of michael

Michael Murphy was born and raised in Suffolk County, New York.

He and his wife, Maryann, raised three sons, John, Tim, and Michael, and a daughter, Eleanor.!

Raymond G. Murphy

Captain Raymond Gerald "Jerry" Murphy (January 14, 1930 – April 6, 2007) was the 39th United States Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Korean War.

He was decorated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in a White House ceremony on October 27, 1953. He earned the Nation's highest military decoration for heroic action for valor in the Reno-Vegas fighting of February 1953.

Biography

Raymond Gerald Murphy was born in Pueblo, Colorado, on January 14, 1930, to Thomas and Mame Murphy.

Captain, Marine Corps, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Mare Island, California; Camp Pendleton, California; Korea; Parris Island, South Carolina; Quantico.

  • In 1951, Murphy graduated from Adams State College with a degree in physical education.
  • He and his wife, Maryann, raised three sons, John, Tim, and Michael, and a daughter, Eleanor.
  • He loved to spoil a good walk by playing golf.
  • When Raymond Gerald Murphy was born on 4 January 1930, in Pueblo, Colorado, United States, his father, Thomas Michael Murphy, was 42 and his mother.

    • He graduated from Pueblo Catholic High School in 1947. He attended Fort Lewis Junior College in Durango, Colorado, for two years before transferring to Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado. While in college, he played varsity football, basketball, & baseball, and worked as a swimming instructor in Durango in the summer of 1950.

    In 1951, Murphy graduated from Adams State College with a degree in physical education. He joined the Marine Corps Reserve in May