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CECIL SCOTT MURRAY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1944 – July 12, 1968
Service recordCecil Scott Murray, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- October 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 19
- GERALD EVERETT HETRICKLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- KEVIN BERNARD MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1968
- GEORGE WILLARD PATTERSONLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- WILLIAM E WATTSPrivate First Class · July 12, 1968
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.