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DAVID MURPHY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1947 – April 23, 1968
Service recordDavid Murphy, of Griffin, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 40
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Griffin, Georgia (Spalding County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 40
- GARY LODUHASpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- RUSSELL LEE MATHENYSergeant · April 23, 1968
- ANDREW LEROY MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE MEEHANPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
From Griffin
- JAMES EDWARD HARMONCorporal · May 8, 1967
- JOHN KENNETH HELTONSergeant · July 6, 1967
- WARREN EUGENE KENERLYCorporal · January 31, 1968
- MONTE CLIFFORD KINASZPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- JAMES TERRY COGGINSPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- WILLIE GENE GADDYPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE HALLPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT REESEFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
- MINOR WESLEY PATTILLOSergeant · March 24, 1969
- GARY ANDERSONPrivate · November 29, 1970
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.