Murphy later in life. He is in a suit with bow tie. His hair is white and mostly gone. He is wrinkly

Shows his casket and tells of his action in earning Medal of Honor

Picture from newspaper stating Murphy will receive Medal of Honor

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Murphy was the 39th @marines to receive the #MOH for heroism in the #KoreanWar. He was awarded the medal for heroic action for valor in the Reno-Vegas fighting of February 1953 and was decorated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in a White House ceremony Oct. 27, 1953.
Murphy joined the  Marine Corps Reserve in May 1951 and entered Officers Candidate School at Parris Island, South Carolina, the following month.
He was commissioned a second lieutenant in September 1951 and transferred to Camp Pendleton, California, for advanced training before embarking for Korea in July 1952. 
Murphy served with the 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division where he was wounded. After treatment abroad, he was returned to the U. S. Naval Hospital in Mare Island, California in March 1953, and was promoted to first lieutenant that same month.
After the war, Murphy moved to New Mexico. From 1974, until his retirement, he worked as a counselor for the @VeteransAffairs and served as chief of Veterans Services. After retiring from the VA, Murphy volunteered at the hospital until 2005. 
Murphy died April 6, 2007, at a VA nursing home in Pueblo at age 77. He is buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Prior to his death, a bill was passed to name a VA hospital in Albuquerque the Raymond G. Murphy Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, July 5, 2007.
Murphy’s brother, TSGT Leo Murphy, also interred at Santa Fe, served in the Army during #WWII.


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