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DARNELL PATRICK MURRAY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 14, 1944 – August 4, 1968
Service recordDarnell Patrick Murray, of Anniston, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 9
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Anniston, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 49W, Line 9
- OSCAR LEE HOUSEPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- RONALD JAMES MURPHYLance Corporal · August 4, 1968
- RAMIRO LOPEZ SALINASSergeant · August 4, 1968
From Anniston
- EDWARD CHARLES UPNERStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- WAYMOND NELSON STEPHENSONPrivate · February 15, 1966
- ALLAN RAY CHAFFINLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- FRANK PAUL JENKINS JRLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- CHARLES DEAN POPECorporal · December 27, 1967
- JAMES DAVID CRAFTCorporal · April 19, 1968
- ROBERT HAL MUNDYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD STANDRIDGEStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- FRANCHOT TONE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- DAVID J ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
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.