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BILLY DAN MURPHY
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 14, 1949 – March 21, 1969
Service recordBilly Dan Murphy, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 104
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 104
- DONALD RAY JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- MITCHEL THOMAS MORTONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- THOMAS MCKNETT NEWMANFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM MALCOLM CHURCHLieutenant Colonel · Panel 29W, Line 95
- BARRY WADE GRAFSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 99
- THOMAS JACKSON GRINDSTAFFSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 99
- HERMAN EARL LASSITERStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 101
- ADGER EUGENE MOODYSpecialist Six · Panel 29W, Line 103
- CHRIS ANTHONY SOUZACorporal · Panel 28W, Line 4
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNONCaptain · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
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.