Riley F. Murray - Eugene, Oregon

Army Rank: Private (1918).

Assigned Unit: 6^th Bn., 20^th Engineers, Co. D (16^th Co.)

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Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – Feb. 5, 1918 (casualty)

     Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

Wife: Susie Murray, 855 West Fourth Street, Eugene, Oregon

Full name Susan Sarah Powers (Murray)

Married: March 6, 1908 Josephine County, Oregon

Riley's Birth date: Feb. 25, 1881 Oregon

Died: Feb. 5, 1918 Mull of Oa, Islay Island, Scotland

Buried: Feb. 11, 1918 Killeyan, Mull of Oa, Islay Island.

Note: Body was exhumed and relocated to America in the 1920s

Cemetery: Sloan Pioneer Cemetery, Josephine County, Oregon

Take Riverbanks Road north from Hwy 199 southwest of Grants Pass, 1.68 miles. The cemetery is on the right or east side of Riverbanks Rd and is about 300 yards from the road across a plowed field. It one acre on private property with some very large oak trees, a cyclone fence, and one outhouse. (info courtesy of Linda Nichols)

Internment Date: Unknown

Plot No.: Unknown

My G-Grandfather Riley F. Murray died aboard the Tuscania. I have worked on researching my ancestry for over one year now.  My G-Grandmother told me the story of Riley when I was about 7 years old.  I never forgot it, but I did not know what ship he was on.  I had just about given up when I found your website. Thank you for such a fitting tribute to our ancestors. It is very much appreciated.

Devora Reis

March 15, 2007