Edward “Ted” Dennis Murphy Jr

Age: 23
Branch: USNR
Rank(s): LTJG, LT
Unit: UDT5
Station: USS Benton Island

Fallen on: 24 Feb 1953
Location: Alaska (locale named Murphy Bay, for him after his death)
Era: Korea
Campaign: Training

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Hometown: Taunton, MA

Details:
Lt Murphy was serving with an Underwater Demolition Team on a scientific expedition off the coast of Alaska on the USS Benton Island in 1953. He died while conducting demolition tests on the ice when a TNT charge exploded prematurely.