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PRIVATE JAMES L. MURRAY
was born July 1, 1890 in Philadelphia PA. He and his family later moved
to Audubon NJ. He had been a member of the
Logan Memorial Presbyterian Church at 2 West Merchant Street in Audubon.
James L. Murray was a
lithographer by trade, and worked in Philadelphia PA for the Ketterlinus
Lithograph Company at 4th and Arch streets. He enlisted in the United
States Army Medical Corps on May 30, 1917 but had not reported on June
5th when he registered for the draft. Soon afterwards he was sent to camp
at Allentown PA for training in the United States Army Ambulance Corps.
Private Murray served as an ambulance driver during the Battle of Belleau Wood and the
bombardment of Paris. He arrived in France on December 23rd, 1917.
Private James L. Murray died of pneumonia at Red Cross Military Hospital, No. 3, Paris,
on October 20, 1918. He
was survived by his mother, Mrs. Anna E. Murray, a sister, Blanche P.
Murray, and a cousin, Frank S. Boya.
The Murray-Trout American
Legion Post 262 in Audubon NJ is named in part for him.
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