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Robert "Bob" Walter Murphy
Jeremy Anderson2021-05-19T21:51:43-05:00
- Name: Robert "Bob" Walter Murphy
- Location of Birth: Wakefield, Michigan
- Date of Birth: May 20, 1920
- Date of Death: July 3, 2009
- Parents: John Murphy & Ella (Fisher) Murphy
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- Highest Rank: GM2 (Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Petty Officer)
- Branch: Navy
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- Date Sworn In: May 10, 1944
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- Date of Discharge: January 12, 1946
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WW II Draft Registration Cards – 10/16/1940 – 03/31/1947
State: Minnesota
Name: Robert Walter Murphy
Race: White
Age: 21
Birth Date: May 20, 1920
Birth Place: Veronia, Michigan, USA
Residence Place: Bovey, Itasca, Minnesota, USA
Registration Date: July 1, 1941
Employer: Isac & Toivo Muotka, Bovey Mercantile, Bovey, Itasca, Minnesota
Weight: 165
Height: 5-7
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Brown
Next of Kin: Mrs. Robert W. Murphy, Bovey, Minnesota
Robert Murphy was a Navy veteran of World War II serving in the Pacific.
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World War II
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Robert Murphy married Sylvia Kallio in 1940 in Minnesota. They made their home in Bovey, Minnesota, where he was a service worker for the Bovey Mercantile. After leaving the Mercantile, he worked for the Greenway School District as a bus driver, retiring in 1985. He was a member of the Bethel-Trinity Lutheran Church in Bovey, the Loyal Order of Moose in Bovey, and the VFW Post 4016. He enjoyed the outdoors, including hunting and fishing or working on his diamond willow carving.
Bob died in Duluth, Minnesota and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Coleraine, Minnesota (Block 152). He is survived by his children, Con (Geri) Murphy, Gary (Becky) Murphy, and Marilyn (Patrick) Adams; eleven grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; a sister, Katherine Johnson; a brother, Harold "Bud" Murphy; and a daughter-in-law, Susan Murphy Wulff. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sylvia; a son, John Murphy; his parents; sisters, Margaret, Virginia, Lorraine, and Audrey; and a brother, James.
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