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BARRY WAYNE MURTAUGH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 19, 1945 – March 8, 1969
Service recordBarry Wayne Murtaugh, of Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 76
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 13 AF
- Born
- August 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Ridley Park, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “13 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 76
- JOHN FRANKLIN ALLENPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- BRAD DONALD CHRISSSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- MILAM EDWARD CLOUDPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- DENNIS FLOYD ELLISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- TERRY ROBERT MONIASpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WALLACE ISRAELTechnical Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 74
- RALPH ASBERRY CONEColonel · Panel 30W, Line 76
- RAYMOND LEROY TACKEMajor · Panel 30W, Line 97
- WARREN LARUE LONGMajor · Panel 30W, Line 101
- PAUL ELLIS GARRETTLieutenant Colonel · Panel 29W, Line 9
- WILLIAM BICKERS TERRYMaster Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 11
- ALAN CRAIG MARTINSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 15
From Ridley Park
- JAMES BUCKSON MOORELieutenant Colonel · October 10, 1967
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.