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BOBBY LOUIS MURPHY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 25, 1943 – June 19, 1967
Service recordBobby Louis Murphy, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; nine of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 16
- HOBART WILSON MCCOMAS JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- DONALD DURWOOD MORRISPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- EDDIE LEE MOTON JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- DANIEL THOMAS NUTLYPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND D CROWDER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 10
- EDWARD LEE FAILS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 11
- RUSSELL LOUIS FILIBERTISpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 11
- BLAINE WILSON LANDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 14
- WAYNE THOMAS SCHUMACHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 19
- WILLIAM NORMAN SCOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 22E, Line 19
- LEONARD VITO TEDESCOPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 21
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.