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1LT David Page McMurray

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1LT David Page McMurray

Birth
Rockland, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
8 Jul 1945 (aged 27)
Germany
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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SECTION 60 SITE 8660
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1st Lt. McMurray, of Melrose, Mass., was the pilot among nine crewmen aboard a B-24J Liberator that departed North Pickenham, England, on a mission to bomb a German aircraft factory near Bernburg, Germany. The plane was last seen by U.S. aircrew members in that vicinity. Captured records revealed that it had crashed near Westeregeln, about 20 miles northwest of the target in what would become the Soviet sector of a post-war-divided Germany. In 2001, a group of German citizens interested in recovering wartime relics and remains learned of a potential crash site south of Westeregeln. Later that year and in 2002, the group found the site and uncovered human remains from what appeared to be two burial locations. The remains and other personal effects, including identification tags, were turned over to U.S. officials. In 2003, a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) team excavated the crash site and recovered additional remains, identification tags and non-biological material evidence. Among dental records, other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA in the identification of the remains.

Note: declared dead on 07/08/1945. Actual date of death July 7 1944 but I am going by F.A.G. rules and putting what is on the headstone as date of death above.

Lt. McMurray Crew
1st/Lt. David P. McMurray Pilot
1st/Lt. David P. McMurray Pilot
2nd/Lt. Millard C. Wells Jr. Co Pilot
2nd/Lt. Millard C. Wells Jr. Co Pilot
1st/Lt. Raymond Pascual Bombardier
1st/Lt. Raymond Pascual Bombardier
T/Sgt. Leonard J. Ray Engineer
T/Sgt. Leonard J. Ray Engineer
T/Sgt. Hyman L. Stiglitz Radio Op.
T/Sgt. Hyman L. Stiglitz Radio Op.
S/Sgt. Francis E. Larrivee Gunner
S/Sgt. Francis E. Larrivee Gunner
S/Sgt. Walter O. Schlosser Gunner
S/Sgt. Robert L. Cotey Gunner
S/Sgt. Robert L. Cotey Gunner
S/Sgt. Robert J. Flood Gunner
S/Sgt. Robert J. Flood Gunner
1st Lt. McMurray, of Melrose, Mass., was the pilot among nine crewmen aboard a B-24J Liberator that departed North Pickenham, England, on a mission to bomb a German aircraft factory near Bernburg, Germany. The plane was last seen by U.S. aircrew members in that vicinity. Captured records revealed that it had crashed near Westeregeln, about 20 miles northwest of the target in what would become the Soviet sector of a post-war-divided Germany. In 2001, a group of German citizens interested in recovering wartime relics and remains learned of a potential crash site south of Westeregeln. Later that year and in 2002, the group found the site and uncovered human remains from what appeared to be two burial locations. The remains and other personal effects, including identification tags, were turned over to U.S. officials. In 2003, a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) team excavated the crash site and recovered additional remains, identification tags and non-biological material evidence. Among dental records, other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA in the identification of the remains.

Note: declared dead on 07/08/1945. Actual date of death July 7 1944 but I am going by F.A.G. rules and putting what is on the headstone as date of death above.

Lt. McMurray Crew
1st/Lt. David P. McMurray Pilot
1st/Lt. David P. McMurray Pilot
2nd/Lt. Millard C. Wells Jr. Co Pilot
2nd/Lt. Millard C. Wells Jr. Co Pilot
1st/Lt. Raymond Pascual Bombardier
1st/Lt. Raymond Pascual Bombardier
T/Sgt. Leonard J. Ray Engineer
T/Sgt. Leonard J. Ray Engineer
T/Sgt. Hyman L. Stiglitz Radio Op.
T/Sgt. Hyman L. Stiglitz Radio Op.
S/Sgt. Francis E. Larrivee Gunner
S/Sgt. Francis E. Larrivee Gunner
S/Sgt. Walter O. Schlosser Gunner
S/Sgt. Robert L. Cotey Gunner
S/Sgt. Robert L. Cotey Gunner
S/Sgt. Robert J. Flood Gunner
S/Sgt. Robert J. Flood Gunner

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  • Created by: Sue
  • Added: Oct 11, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22100317/david_page-mcmurray: accessed ), memorial page for 1LT David Page McMurray (28 Sep 1917–8 Jul 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22100317, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Sue (contributor 46778782).