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DANIEL JOSEPH MURPHY
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 16, 1947 – August 30, 1968
Service recordDaniel Joseph Murphy, of Brainerd, Minnesota, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 8
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Brainerd, Minnesota (Crow Wing County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 8
- ROBERT JOHN MERCERFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1968
- GARY WAYNE MORGANSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- PEDRO JUAN TOMAS MOTASpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- MARVIN RUSSELL PARKERCorporal · August 30, 1968
From Brainerd
- RICHARD ALFRED UNGERECHTCorporal · May 19, 1966
- ARTHUR JOSEPH TURNERCorporal · February 27, 1967
- JERRY RAY BEEBEPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- KENNETH LEE WITTPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- JAMES JAY HOCHSTETTERSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
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.