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DENNIS BRIAN MURRAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 28, 1947 – June 12, 1969
Service recordDennis Brian Murray, of Glen Cove, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 34
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Glen Cove, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 34
- THOMAS MICHAEL MARCHANDPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- WILLIAM TRAVIS MATLOCKSergeant · June 12, 1969
- THOMAS HOWARD MCSTOOTSPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- CARL GILBERT MOTESSergeant First Class · June 12, 1969
From Glen Cove
- WILLIAM KEVIN COLWELLChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MORSESergeant · May 2, 1968
- JOHN NILES MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · May 24, 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.