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DENNIS JAMES MURPHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 8, 1948 – September 5, 1969
Service recordDennis James Murphy, of Darby, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 42
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Darby, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 42
- HARRY W PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- RICHARD PAUL POWERSCorporal · September 5, 1969
- BERNARD AMBROSE PROPSONSergeant · September 5, 1969
- RAY WARREN PURIFOYStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JONATHAN R BORTLESergeant · Panel 18W, Line 36
- CHARLES RICHARD GEIGERSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 37
- ARTHUR EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 41
- BERNARD AMBROSE PROPSONSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 42
- JOEQUIN ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 43
- ARTHUR EDWARD WOJAHNSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 45
From Darby
- LEONARD ALLEN GUYCorporal · October 25, 1968
- PATRICK THOMAS DEMARCOPrivate First Class · January 13, 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.