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ARTHUR PATRICK MURPHY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1948 – July 20, 1968
Service recordArthur Patrick Murphy JR, of Brookline, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Brookline, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 19
- DONALD ERNEST HEGGANFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- GARY CLAUD JONESSergeant · July 20, 1968
- BRIAN FRANCIS LEFEVREPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- BRUCE ALEN MARRONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
From Brookline
- DANA E BRANNWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 1965
- DAVID J WAXFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1965
- STERLING AIDEN WALLFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1967
- DAVID LOWELL SIMONStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MERCERFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1968
- DENNIS CONRYPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- DEVERTON C COCHRANESergeant First Class · June 17, 1970
- ROBERT DOUGLAS HAUERCaptain · September 5, 1970
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.