Cpt. Joseph P. Murphy - Alumni File

Class of 1963
Marine Corps
pilot
SAE

Captain Joseph P. Murphy was born on December 27, 1940 and grew up in Cheshire, CT. While at Gettysburg, he majored in psychology and was President of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity before graduating in 1963. He married fellow 1963 graduate Carol Menge and the couple had two children.

On March 24, 1967, Cpt. Murphy died in Vietnam in a plane crash.

Office of Alumni Relations, Gettysburg College

Deceased alumni file, Special Collections and College Archives, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College

Special Collections and College Archives, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College

1959-1963

Office of Alumni Relations

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1959-1967