Always Remember Those Who Gave All: MC WW2 Gold Stars and MIA Survivors

Albert Kinzel Murrian (1922-1945)

MC Class: ex-1945

Years at MC: 1941-1942 (Freshman)

Hometown: Knoxville, TN

Life at MC: Unknown

Military Branch: US Naval Reserves

Military Unit: Unknown

Rank: Ensign

Medals Awarded: None Known

Date Missing: 2 May 1945

Date of Death: 29 May 1946 (officially declared deceased)

Location of Death: Pacific Ocean near Japan

Circumstances of Death: "Ensign Murrian was lost with his naval plane May 2, 1945, as the ship returned from a raid on the Jap home islands…Ensign Murrian was lost in action only two days before he was due to take a leave of absence from duty. The officer and the rest of the plane's crew went down after the plane developed engine trouble. Pilot of the ill-fated plane was ensign Murrian himself, according to Navy records." (Obituary in Knoxville Journal on June 6, 1946)

Burial/Memorial Information: Memorials: Section 20, Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60134182/albert-kinzel-murrian), Court 1, Courts of the Missing, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii (https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/murrian%3Dalbert), and East Tennessee Veterans Memorial, World's Fair Park, Knoxville, Tennessee (https://etvma.org/veterans/albert-k-murrian-9699/)

Additional Information: His son, Robert Phillip Murrian, was 14 months old when his father died in 1944.

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June 6, 1946 Obituary in the Knoxville Journal