A.M. Reid Jr. served in the U.S. Navy as an Ensign on the U.S.S Murphy (DD-603) during World War II. While escorting a United Kingdom bound convoy out of New York City on October 21, 1943, the U.S.S. Murphy was struck on the port side between the bridge and forward stack by the oil tanker S.S. Bulkoil, 75 miles off the coast of New Jersey. The forward third of the ship sank in 265 feet of water, taking 36 officers and men, including Reid, with it. He is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, East Coast Memorial in Manhattan, New York.
