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ALFRED WALKER MURPHY
Captain · U.S. Army
September 10, 1942 – June 25, 1967
Service recordAlfred Walker Murphy, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 63
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1942
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 63
- JOHNNY CRUZ QUENGAPlatoon Sergeant · June 25, 1967
- OTTIS REEDPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- RAYMOND DALE RHAMYPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- KIERAN JOHN STARRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WARNER KURTZMajor · Panel 22E, Line 62
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.