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CAESAR MURRAY
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
August 2, 1949 – March 19, 1971
Service recordCaesar Murray, of Aiken, South Carolina, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 19, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 59
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Aiken, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 59
- GENE RANDOLF KENNEDYSpecialist Four · March 19, 1971
- THOMAS MARTIN KENNEDYSergeant First Class · March 19, 1971
- THORNTON LEWIS WOOLRIDGEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1971
- JACK LAMAR BARKERMajor · March 20, 1971
From Aiken
- JAMES LOUIS DOUSEPrivate First Class · December 24, 1965
- HAROLD PAUL LEAPHARTCorporal · September 17, 1966
- FRANKLIN HAMILTON PENNPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- WAYNE BOYDPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JOSEPH BOYCE ADAMSSeaman · August 16, 1968
- DWANE LONNIE ADAMSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- ROY GIBSON MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- CHARLES H PARKS JRHospitalman · August 21, 1969
- WILLIAM HUNTER KILBURNPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- CLIFTON EUGENE CALLAHANPrivate First Class · February 5, 1971
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.