World War I Draft Registration Card C (12 September 1918)
Registration Card: Serial Number 317, Order Number A1136
John Didrich Murken. Permanent home address: 422 Price Savannah Chatham Ga. Age by years: 33; Date of birth: Oct 4 1884; Race: white; Native born U. S. Citizen.
Present occupation: Ship Man; Employer's name: Savannah ____ Camp Co; Place of employment of business: ___ Bay E Savannah, Ga.
Nearest Relative Name: wife Matilda Murken; Address: 42 Price St Savannah. I affirm that I have verified above answers an that they are true (signature: John Dedrich Murken).
Registrar's Report 10-1-6? C
Description of Registrant: Height: medium; Build: medium; Color of eyes: blue; Color of hair: light. Has person lost arm, leg, hand, eye, or is he obviously physically disualified? no
Date of registration is blank.
Local Board for Division No 1, City of Savannah, State of Georgia, 5 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Ga.

World War I Draft Registration Card C (12 September 1918)
Registration Card: Serial Number 1195, Order Number 2247
Martin Murken. Permanent home address: 420 E Broughton. Age by years: 42; Date of birth: May 24 1876; Race: white; Naturalized U. S. Citizen.
Present occupation: clerk; Employer's name: H. H. Geffken; Place of employment of business: 420 Broughton E, Savannah, Ga.
Nearest Relative Name: (sister) Mrs. Addy Konemann; Address: ___ Barnard Savannah Ga. I affirm that I have verified above answers an that they are true (signature: Martin Murken).
Registrar's Report 10-1-6? C
Description of Registrant: Height: medium; Build: medium; Color of eyes: blue; Color of hair: light. Has person lost arm, leg, hand, eye, or is he obviously physically disualified? no
Date of registration: Sep 12 1918.
Local Board for Division No 1, City of Savannah, State of Georgia, 5 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Ga. [see 1920 census Murken at Geffken]

U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946.
Carl M. Murken. Birth year: [9 August] 1911, white, citizen. Nativity State: Georgia; State: Georgia; Enlistment city: Fort McPherson Atlanta; Branch & Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA; Grade & Grade Code: Private; Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law. Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men); Source: Civil Life. Education: 2 years of college; Civil Occupation: Master, Ship or Mail Clerk (Clerk, postal or mail.) or Personnel Clerk or Traffic Rate Clerk or Dispatcher, Motor Vehicle. Marital Status: Single, without dependeant; Height: 70; Weight: 155. [son of John Murken and Catherina Kuck]