[b]Character Sheet[/b]

[color=0076a3][b]Name:[/b][/color] Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Frances Murphy “Murph”
[color=0076a3][b]Age:[/b][/color] 42
[color=0076a3][b]Birthplace:[/b][/color] Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
[color=0076a3][b]Gender:[/b][/color] Male 
[color=0076a3][b]Height:[/b][/color] 6’ 0”
[color=0076a3][b]Nationality:[/b][/color] American
[color=0076a3][b]Ethnicity:[/b][/color] Irish-American
[color=0076a3][b]Family:[/b][/color] Murph is married to Joyce Glennis (Sullivan) Murphy. They have four children; Philip (15), Julie (13), Robert (10) & Karen (8). The family remains in their family home in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
[color=0076a3][b]Religious affiliation:[/b][/color] Roman Catholic
[color=0076a3][b]Affiliation:[/b][/color]  Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry, US Army, 1-503 PIR, 173rd Infantry Brigade (Airborne)
[color=0076a3][b]Appearance:[/b][/color] Kevin Murphy is a broad-shouldered man with a barrel chest and bulky arms. He has leathery flesh, worn from years of hard living. His nose is reddened from drinking alcohol and his eyes are bloodshot frequently. He wears his greying brown hair in a high and tight or flat top haircut with no facial hair. His blue eyes twinkle when he smiles, but that is rare. The pinkie finger on his left hand is missing, lost during combat during World War II.

[color=0076a3][b]Disabilities:[/b][/color] LTC Murphy has been injured in combat but suffers from no debilitating physical injury. Psychologically, he has some memories he would rather forget.
[color=0076a3][b]Known addictions:[/b][/color] Bourbons and fine tobacco, preferably in a cigar.
[color=0076a3][b]Military rank:[/b][/color] Lieutenant Colonel
[color=0076a3][b]Military combat role: [/b][/color]Battalion Commander, 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade (US Army)

[color=0076a3][u][b]Service Record:[/b][/u][/color]
[hider=Service Record][color=00aeef][b]1943[/b][/color] – Enlisted in US Army. Attended Basic Training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia
[indent]Completed Parachute training at Camp Bragg, North Carolina.[/indent]
[indent]Assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. He missed the Tennessee maneuvers, but joined the unit as they were shipping out from New York City to their base in England.[/indent]
[color=00aeef][b]1944[/b][/color] – Participated in the Normandy Campaign, jumping with the 101st on D-Day.
[color=00aeef][b]7 June 1944[/b][/color] – recommended/awarded the Bronze Star for actions near Ste. Marie du Mont, Normandy, France. Sustained a bullet wound to left shoulder; recommended/awarded the Purple Heart.
[color=00aeef][b]July 1944[/b][/color] – Unit received a Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation for Normandy Campaign.
[color=00aeef][b]September 1944[/b][/color] - Participated in the Holland Campaign, jumping with the 101st north of Eindhoven near Son, Netherlands.
[color=00aeef][b]18 September 1944[/b][/color] – recommended/awarded Bronze Star with “V” for Valor for actions at Eindhoven, Netherlands. Recommended/awarded Purple Heart; sustained fragmentation injury to left buttocks.
[color=00aeef][b]December 1944[/b][/color] - Participated in combat operations around the city of Bastogne, Belgium in the Ardennes Forest.
[color=00aeef][b]19 December 1944[/b][/color] – recommended/awarded Silver Star for actions near Noville, Belgium. Recommended/awarded Purple Heart; sustained bullet wound to left hand – lost pinkie finger.
[color=00aeef][b]1 January 1945[/b][/color] – Promoted to Corporal
[color=00aeef][b]23 February 1945[/b][/color] – Unit received a second Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation for Bastogne Campaign.
[color=00aeef][b]3 January 1946[/b] [/color]– re-enlisted US Army assigned to US Airborne School, Fort Benning, GA as an airborne instructor.
[color=00aeef][b]1 February 1946[/b][/color] – Promoted to Sergeant
[color=00aeef][b]28 February 1946[/b][/color] – qualified as Jumpmaster
[color=00aeef][b]31 March 1946[/b][/color] – qualified as Senior Parachutist
[color=00aeef][b]9 May 1949[/b][/color] – reassigned as Rifle squad leader, D Company, 27th Infantry Regiment (Wolfhounds), Japanese Occupation duty
[color=00aeef][b]July 1950[/b][/color] – deployed to Pusan, Korea to assist with holding back the North Korean invasion.
[color=00aeef][b]May 1951[/b][/color] – Promoted to Staff Sergeant
[color=00aeef][b]October 1951[/b][/color] – received battlefield commission to First Lieutenant for actions near the 38th Parallel. Recommended/awarded Silver Star. Recommended/awarded purple heart for bullet wound to left thigh.
[color=00aeef][b]1953[/b] [/color]– 25th Infantry Division returns to Schofield Barracks, Hawaii at the conclusion of the Korean War.
[color=00aeef][b]8 November 1953[/b][/color] – 1LT Murphy reassigned to Company Command, B Company, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, Nuremburg, Germany
[color=00aeef][b]1 January 1954[/b][/color] – Promoted to Captain
[color=00aeef][b]1 January 1956[/b][/color] – Captain Murphy assigned as Special Staff officer to the Division Headquarters 10th Infantry Division in Wurzburg, Germany.
[color=00aeef][b]2 October 1958[/b][/color] – Assigned to Operations Officer, First Battalion, 12th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, WA.
[color=00aeef][b]1 January 1959[/b][/color] – Promoted to Major
[color=00aeef][b]2 August 1961[/b][/color] – reassigned to Military Assistance Advisory Group, South Vietnam
[color=00aeef][b]21 July 1964[/b][/color] – reassigned to Department of the Army, Washington D.C.
[color=00aeef][b]1 January 1965[/b][/color] – Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
[color=00aeef][b]1 December 1966[/b][/color] – Assigned Battalion Command, 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Central Highland, Vietnam

[color=00aeef][b]Military Awards/Decorations:[/b][/color] Medal of Honor, 2x Silver Star, Bronze Star with “V”, Bronze Star, 4x Purple Hearts, 3x Army Commendation Medals, Army Good Conduct Medal (2 Oak leaf clusters), American Campaign Ribbon, World War II Victory Medal, World War II Occupation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Army Overseas Ribbon, United Nations Service Medal, United Nations Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign, 

Combat Infantryman’s Badge (3x WWII, Korea & Vietnam)
Senior Parachutist Badge with 2 stars for jumps in Normandy and Holland
Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation - NORMANDY
Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation – BASTOGNE

[hider=Awards][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/NVlJ9Qw.png?1[/img][/center][/hider][/hider]
[color=0076a3][b]Personality:[/b][/color] LTC Murphy is an introvert at heart. He prefers to remain quiet, keeping things close to the vest. He has gotten to where he is now, leading by example; from the front. He speaks when it is important to do so. His words are clear and concise. He has little patience for those who do not understand what he says or is not listening. If they don’t feel what he says is important, neither are they important. When intoxicated, LTC Murphy is the life of the party. He becomes a regular extrovert; definitely a happy drunk. Murph takes his job very serious and believes in the American cause in Vietnam.
[color=0076a3][b]Likes:[/b][/color] Baseball/Boston Red Sox, his family, the United States of America and the soldiers of his command.
[color=0076a3][b]Dislikes:[/b][/color] slackers, people who do not take their job seriously, those who would disregard the US Army regulations so flagrantly.


[u][b]NPCs:[/b][/u]
[hider=NPCs]
[color=aba000][b]Command Sergeant Major Gerald Plunket[/b][/color], 49, Joplin, MO, served with 505th PIR, 82nd Airborne in WWII. Jumped in Sicily, Normandy, Holland and Varsity over the Rhein River.
[color=aba000][b]Major Leonard Markey[/b][/color], 35, Jacksonville, FL, BN XO
[color=aba000][b]Major Thomas Beauvian[/b][/color], 36, Lafayette, LA, BN Operations Officer (S3)
[color=aba000][b]Captain Frank Williams[/b][/color], 30, Detroit, MI, BN Personnel Officer (S1)
[color=aba000][b]Captain Joseph Langlois[/b][/color], 29, Racine, WI, BN Intelligence Officer (S2)
[color=aba000][b]Captain Benjamin Gannon[/b][/color], 31, Salem, OR, BN Asst. Operations Officer (Asst S3)
[color=aba000][b]Captain Scott Yates[/b][/color], 28, Tucson, AZ, BN Supply Officer[/hider]