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DENNIS GERARD MURPHY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1950 – June 18, 1969
Service recordDennis Gerard Murphy, of Copiague, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 79
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Copiague, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 79
- GARY WAYNE LETSONSecond Lieutenant · June 18, 1969
- HOWARD JOSEPH MANERPetty Officer First Class · June 18, 1969
- AURELE LIONEL LUCIEN MARCSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- HOLLIS GREGORY MILLERSergeant · June 18, 1969
From Copiague
- HANS PETER LUTZAirman First Class · July 10, 1966
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH DEFELICESpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- DANIEL GERARD OCONNELLPrivate First Class · June 19, 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.