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CARL EUGENE MURRAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 26, 1949 – December 20, 1967
Service recordCarl Eugene Murray, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 30
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1967; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 30
- DANNY JAY FISHERPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- JOHN HARRIS HOLMESPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- CHARLES LARRY HOUSLEYSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CAREY JANESSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 31
- HORATIO LEE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 31
- WILLIAM COY JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 31
- MORRIS GENE MCPHAILSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 32
- FRANK GEORGE MICHULKASpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 32
- BARRY ALLAN THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 33
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 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.