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DAVID WAYNE MURPHY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 20, 1944 – October 22, 1968
Service recordDavid Wayne Murphy, of Seekonk, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 21
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- November 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Seekonk, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 21
- BILLY KNIGHTStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES KORINEKPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE LESTERSpecialist Four · October 22, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD MCCORKELLance Corporal · October 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALBERT GURULESpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 19
From Seekonk
- DAVID WILLIAM CLOUTIERPrivate First Class · June 6, 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.