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DONALD JOSEPH MURPHY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 17, 1950 – June 20, 1970
Service recordDonald Joseph Murphy, of Owosso, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 20, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 75
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Owosso, Michigan (Shiawassee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 75
- BILLY RAY SARGENTSpecialist Four · June 20, 1970
- ALEX C SPENCE JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 20, 1970
- DENNIS M STOPPLEWORTHPrivate · June 20, 1970
- BURDER SMITH ATHEY IIISpecialist Four · June 21, 1970
From Owosso
- MILTON DONALD BRITTONMajor · April 6, 1962
- ARNEL J DAVIS JRSergeant · June 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- RALPH JOEL CRUTTSSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- BARRY RICHARD GRULKESpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- DWIGHT I ADESergeant · March 29, 1970
- JAMES ARTHUR LOUXSpecialist Four · April 5, 1971
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.