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ARTHUR JOSEPH MURRAY JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
September 14, 1948 – May 15, 1969
Service recordArthur Joseph Murray JR, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 18
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 18
- MICHAEL P LYDENSergeant · May 15, 1969
- JOHN GEORGE MASINSKIPrivate · May 15, 1969
- ARTHUR RAY MCFARLANDFirst Lieutenant · May 15, 1969
- ANTHONY JOHN MINOTTISergeant · May 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES THOMAS COBLESergeant · Panel 24W, Line 15
- ALBERT LEWIS KOONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 17
- JOHN GEORGE MASINSKIPrivate · Panel 24W, Line 18
- ARTHUR RAY MCFARLANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 18
- ANTHONY JOHN MINOTTISergeant · Panel 24W, Line 18
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.