George Edward McMurren served in the U.S. Army for 14 years and 6 months. George served in World War II, and during the years of the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
Deputy Sheriff George McMurren was shot and killed while attempting to arrest two men who were rustling cattle near Bagdad. Deputy McMurren was standing on the top of a hill and shining his light toward the suspects' location. One of the men, a former sharpshooter for the Marine Corps, shot Deputy McMurren in the chest using the light from the flashlight as a point of reference. The subject, 28, was apprehended, convicted of murder, and sentenced to life in prison. Deputy McMurren was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and had served with the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office for only six months. He had previously served with the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Police Department for 13-1/2 years.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Deputy Sheriff McMurren gave the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Prescott community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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