Private Ernest H J McMurtry, Service Number: 38507010, 907th Field Artillery Bn, 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Private McMurtry jumped into Holland during Operation Market Garden with the 907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion on the September 19th. The 907th, who had landed the day before with their gliders, came to support the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment in Eerde with their 105 mm howitzers. They were just in time, because on that very day the Germans attacked the corridor on several places. It was probably during this attack that Private McMurtry was mortally wounded in the chest.
He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)
He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)
Private Ernest H J McMurtry, Service Number: 38507010, 907th Field Artillery Bn, 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Private McMurtry jumped into Holland during Operation Market Garden with the 907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion on the September 19th. The 907th, who had landed the day before with their gliders, came to support the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment in Eerde with their 105 mm howitzers. They were just in time, because on that very day the Germans attacked the corridor on several places. It was probably during this attack that Private McMurtry was mortally wounded in the chest.
He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)
He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)
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Entered the service from Arkansas.
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