Been trying to locate information about my dad George William Murphy

Question

He is a veteran from Vietnam and left us kids when I was about 3 years old her later he had a son named George Murphy who might Uncle James Murphy apparently adopted him and he changed his name

Comments

Any locations or clues on year he was born? Lots of George W Murphy's out there.

Answer 1

 

George William Murphy

 in the California, Death Index, 1940-1997

Name:	George William Murphy
Social Security #:	547623021
Gender:	Male
Birth Date:	28 Jun 1945
Birth Place:	Pennsylvania
Death Date:	28 Apr 1985
Death Place:	Sacramento
Mother's Maiden Name:	Campbell

Source Information

Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

 

Answer 2

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162452699

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George Murphy

 in the U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010

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Name:	George Murphy
Gender:	Male
Birth Date:	28 Jun 1945
Death Date:	28 Apr 1985
SSN:	547623021
Branch 1:	NAVY
Enlistment Date 1:	3 Jan 1964
Release Date 1:	30 Dec 1965

Source Information

Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

 

Answer 3

 

Jim Edward Murphy

 in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

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Name:	Jim Edward Murphy [James Edward Murphy]  [James Murphy]
Gender:	Male
Race:	White
Birth Date:	19 Jul 1947
Birth Place:	New Castel, Pennsylvania
Death Date:	26 Aug 1998
SSN:	550644144
Notes:	Feb 1962: Name listed as JIM EDWARD MURPHY; 13 Oct 1993: Name listed as JAMES EDWARD MURPHY; 16 Sep 1998: Name listed as JAMES MURPHY

Source Information

Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

 

Answer 4

 

James Edward Murphy

 in the U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006

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Name:	James Edward Murphy
Service Info.:	US ARMY VIETNAM
Birth Date:	1947
Death Date:	1998
Cemetery:	Sunset Lawn Memorial Park
Cemetery Address:	4701 Marysville Boulevard Sacramento, CA 95838

Source Information

National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

 

Comments

Try these. Good probable

 

Edward C Murphy

 in the Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968

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Name:	Edward C Murphy
Gender:	Male
Age:	40
Birth Date:	abt 1905
Marriage Date:	21 Aug 1945
Marriage Place:	Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Father:	Edward J Murphy
Mother:	Mary E Collins
Spouse:	Virginia C Campbell
Film Number:	002024024

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

 

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Thank you

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Thanks a million

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It looks like Edward and Virginia are the parents. There was no other Murphy/Campbell marriage in Pennsylvania the decade the boys were born.