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B L MURPHY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 2, 1948 – December 28, 1967
Service recordB L Murphy JR, of Smithville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 88
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Smithville, Tennessee (Dekalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 88
- ARTURO MENDOZA LARAPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- JERRY JACKSON MCDANIELPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- RAYMOND ALVIS NIEDECKENPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- JUAN ORTIZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
From Smithville
- RONNIE ELLIS REEDERCorporal · January 29, 1967
- BILLY ANTHONY ADCOCKPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
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.