Raymond Murray - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

1st Row Navy Cross w/ 1 award star
2nd Row Distinguished Service Cross Silver Star w/ 1 award star & 2 oak leaf clusters Legion of Merit w/ valor device Purple Heart
3rd Row Navy Presidential Unit Citation w/ 3 service stars China Service Medal American Defense Service Medal w/ Base clasp American Campaign Medal
4th Row European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 service stars World War II Victory Medal National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 service star
5th Row Korean Service Medal w/ 4 service stars Order of Military Merit, Eulji Cordon Medal Korean Presidential Unit Citation w/ 2 service stars United Nations Korea Medal

three Korean Presidential Unit Citations.

In 2007 a continuation high school was named after him as Major General Raymond Murray High School.

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