Greenville in Hunt County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Audie Leon Murphy

1924 - 1971

— America's Most Decorated Soldier —

Audie Leon Murphy Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, July 28, 2025

1. Audie Leon Murphy Marker

Inscription. This Statue Is Dedicated to Honor All Who Served to Preserve Our Freedom

March 22, 2000

Funding Donors - Lou and Jack Finney • Dava and Leo Hackney • Billie and James Taggart • Paul Mathews • Gail and Phillip May • Lisa and Terry Turner • in Memory of Sam Alexander • Fred Mehew • J.C. Murrell • Jerry Ransom • Dr. Randal Evans • Alliance Bank-Greenville • Jean and Al Lowenstein • Charles Helm • Benchmark Bank • Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville • Raytheon • New Car Dealer Assoc. • American National Bank

Sculpted by Gordon Thomas Brett Thomas, Apprentice

Erected 2000 by Greenville Sesquicentennial Committee Composed of: James Taggart, Leo Hackney and Jack Finney.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 33° 7.462′ N, 96° 5.309′ W. Memorial is in Greenville, Texas, in Hunt County. It is on Interstate 30 Frontage Road 0.2 miles west of Division Street, on the right when traveling west. The memorial is located at the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 500 I-30, Greenville TX 75401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Prairies & Lakes Region

and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Audie Murphy Hunt County War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Audie and the MG-42 Machine Gun

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(a few steps from this marker); Civil War (within shouting distance of this marker); 1926 Confederate Soldier Statue (within shouting distance of this marker); Greenville Confederate Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Reconstruction Era (about 300 feet away); Early Twentieth Century (about 300 feet away); Aztec Eagles (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greenville.

Also see . . . Audie Leon Murphy. Congressional Medal of Honor Society

Second Lt. Murphy commanded Company B, which was attacked by six tanks and waves of infantry. Second Lt. Murphy ordered his men to withdraw to prepared positions in a woods, while he remained forward at his command post and continued to give fire directions to the artillery by telephone. Behind him, to his right, one of our tank destroyers received a direct hit and began to burn. Its crew withdrew to the woods. Second Lt. Murphy continued to direct artillery fire which killed large numbers of the advancing enemy infantry. With the enemy tanks abreast of his position, 2d Lt. Murphy climbed on the burning tank destroyer, which was in danger
Photographed by James Hulse, July 28, 2025

2. Audie Leon Murphy Marker - Reverse Side
of blowing up at any moment, and employed its .50-caliber machine gun against the enemy. He was alone and exposed to German fire from three sides, but his deadly fire killed dozens of Germans and caused their infantry attack to waver.

(Submitted on August 24, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

The view of the Audie Leon Murphy Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, July 28, 2025

3. The view of the Audie Leon Murphy Marker

Audie Murphy image. Click for full size.

Public Domain - US Army photo, 1948

4. Audie Murphy

U. S. Army publicity photo taken after Murphy's 1948 trip to Paris to receive the Chevalier légion d'honneur and Croix de guerre with palm

Credits. This page was last revised on August 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 148 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 24, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.