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DANIEL OWEN MURPHY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 29, 1948 – February 18, 1971
Service recordDaniel Owen Murphy, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 118
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 118
- JOSEPH HENRY MARSHALL IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 18, 1971
- ALLEN KEITH MCELFRESHSergeant · February 18, 1971
- WILLIAM CLINTON ODOM JRSergeant · February 18, 1971
- GREGORY ALEC SLOATSergeant · February 18, 1971
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 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.