] during Memorial Day weekend, Murphy was killed when his private plane crashed into Brush Mountain, (Virginia), near Catawba, Virginia , 20 miles west of Roanoke . [ 4 ] The pilot and four other passengers were also killed. [ 2 ] In 1974, a large granite http://www.audiemurphy.com/roanoke.htm href="http://www.audiemurphy.com/roanoke.htm" rel=nofollow> memorial