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BRIAN THOMAS MURRAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 10, 1947 – March 5, 1968
Service recordBrian Thomas Murray, of Lorain, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Lorain, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 9
- RICHARD SMITH LOWESWarrant Officer 1 · March 5, 1968
- CHARLES LUDWIGStaff Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- ROBERT DAVID MCMILLIANSergeant · March 5, 1968
- GEORGE D NOVAKOVICSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE D NOVAKOVICSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 9
- VERNON RUBEN TWEEDYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 43E, Line 11
From Lorain
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- RONALD RALICHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD FIELDSLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 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.