North High School Wall of Honor George Ray McMurray Class of June, 1943
Research done by Claradell Shedd, Class of 1953. PAGE IN PROGRESS
George Ray McMurray
George was a member of North High's class of June, 1943. His next of kin was Arthur R. McMurray who lived at 659 33rd Street and then on 39th near University Avenue, Des Moines, IA. George's service number is XXXX.
George Ray McMurray Year   Rank   Status June, 1943   x   Graduated from North High, Des Moines, IA Summer, 1943 x Student x Drake University for six weeks. 1943   US Army   Enlisted at Camp Dodge, IA. Service number is XXX. 1943 x US Army x Three months of Basic training at Kansas University; ASTP (Army Specialized Training Program/Engineering) 1943 x US Army/Infantry x Fort Benning, GA/Blackhawk Division 1943 x US Army x Camp Livingston, LA. 1943 x US Army x San Luis Obispo, CA 1943 x x To East Coast via train. Then to France via troop transport. 1945 x US Army/Staff Sgt. x 7th Army/Europe France, Germany, Austria. Back to Des Moines for furlough. 1945 x x Muskogee, OK. Atomic bomb on August 6, 1945.. August,'45- April, '46 x US Army x To West Coast. Then to Luzon, Philippines (about 60 miles south of Manila) 1946 x US Army/Staff Sgt. x To Fort Leavenworth, KS. Discharged. 1946-1947 x Student x Drake University 1947-1948 x Student x Quebec City, Ontario, Canada; Studying French at McGill University and Laval University. 1948 x Student x Drake University; Des Moines, IA. Studying Spanish. Fall, 1948- 1949 x Student x Mexico City College, Mexico City, Mexico.Studying Spanish. Graduated; 1949. 1949-1955 x Assistantship for Grad School x University of Nebraska; Lincoln, NE Master's degree; Ph.D degree in 1955. Met wife who was from MT. 1956 x Teaching/1 year x Washington State University; Pullman, WA. Taught German. 1956-1960 x Teaching/4 years x University of Nevada; Reno, NV. Taught French. 1960-1993 x Teaching/35 years x Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Taught Spanish. 1993- Present x Retirement in Helena, MT x Voracious reader. Has returned to playing the piano (swing).
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George Ray McMurray Staff Sergeant 86th Infantry Division 7th U.S. Army photo of George in uniform Medals Description of medals
References (1) The World War II Army Enlistment Records contain information on more than nine million indivdual enlistments. These records can be found online at http://www.archives.gov/. (2) The comprehensive list of names from North High's 1893-2018 graduation classes are from Claradell Shedd's North Des Moines High School website. The names of North High School graduates can be found online at: http://www.ndmhs.com/. George Ray McMurray's 1943 class page is: http://www.ndmhs.com/pages/yearclass1943(2008.65).html.
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