Service:  ARMY
Component:  ACTIVE DUTY
Name:  MURPHREY, MICHAEL CHANCE
Rank:  SSG
Pay Grade:  E06
Date of Death:  2009/09/06
Age:  25
Gender:  MALE
Home of Record City:  SNYDER
Home of Record State:  TX
Home of Record Country:  US
Unit:  COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 501ST INFANTRY, FORT RICHARDSON, AK
Incident Geographic Code:  AF
Casualty Geographic Code:  AF
Casualty Country:  AFGHANISTAN
City of Loss:  FOB SHARNANA

Burial Location:
Clyde Cemetery
Clyde, Texas

Obituary:

SSG Michael Chance Murphrey, 25, of Snyder, was killed in action Sunday September 6, 2009, in Afghanistan. Funeral Services are pending with Bailey-Howard Funeral Home in Clyde. SSG Murphrey was born May 19, 1984 in Dallas, Texas to Elvie and Evelyn (Littlejohn) Murphrey. He attended Clyde Elementary. He was a graduate of Snyder High School. He married Ashley Martin on April 22, 2005, in Metter, Georgia. He was an active duty Service Member of the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Richardson in Alaska after being stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. He is survived by his wife, Ashley Martin Murphrey of Cobbtown, Georgia; two children, son Jaden Murphrey and daughter Cameron Murphrey; parents, Elvie and Evelyn (Littlejohn) Murphrey of Clyde; maternal grandmother, Lillie Littlejohn of Alvarado; four sisters, Jeanie Rutherford and husband Adam of Clyde, Wendy Stehouwer and husband Ryan of Waxahachie, Pearl McKay and husband BJ of Sweetwater, and Krisa Johnson and husband Rocky of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and several nieces and nephews. Services for SSG Murphrey will be broadcast via a streaming audio live from First Baptist Church, Clyde beginning at 1:00 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, September 15, 2009. A link can be found at bigcountryhomepage.com