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(1925-1971) Who Was Audie Murphy? Audie Murphy eventually became the most decorated U.S. soldier in World War II. Though he was around 20 years old at the end of the war, he had killed 240...
On 28 May 1971, Murphy was killed when the private plane in which he was a passenger crashed into the side of a mountain 14 nautical miles (16 mi; 26 km) northwest of Roanoke, Virginia, [198] in conditions of rain, clouds, fog, and zero visibility.
ROANOKE, Va., May 31— Audie Murphy, the nation's most‐decorated hero of World War II, and five other men were found dead today in the wreckage of their light plane near the summit of a...
The 1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash claimed the life of decorated American World War II veteran Audie Murphy and five other people on May 28, 1971.
The Tragic Death of American Hero Audie Murphy Audie Murphy, a true American hero, tragically passed away on May 28, 1971, at the age of 45. The war hero died in a private plane crash near Roanoke, Virginia.
ROANOKE, Va, (UPl)—Actor Audie Murphy, the tough “little boy" soldier who won every medal available to infantrymen in World War 11, has been killed in the crash of a small plane into a Virginia mountainside. The body of the man who cheated death often on the battlefields of Europe was found on Memorial Day on the side of rugged Brushy Mountain.
On a cold January afternoon in 1945, Second Lieutenant Audie Murphy watched with mounting alarm as over 200 German troops emerged from the woods. But instead of succumbing to panic, the 19-year-old Murphy jumped on a burning tank — and began spraying bullets at his enemies.
Note: Mr. Murphy, 46, died in an airplane crash near Roanoke, Va., on May 28, 1971. The President was represented at the burial service at Arlington National Cemetery by George Bush, United States Representative to the United Nations, and Lt. Col. Vernon Coffey, Army Aide to the President.
In his later years, Murphy faced financial difficulties, largely due to gambling and poor investment choices, leaving him in a state of financial ruin by the time of his death. He tragically died in a plane crash on May 28, 1971. Murphy was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on June 7, 1971, receiving full military honors for his service.
A few months later, the boy suffered the most heart-rending experience of his life when his beloved mother died of a heart disease on May 23, 1941. Always close to her, he mourned for several months.