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DONALD LEROY MURPHY
Seaman · U.S. Navy
September 21, 1945 – July 14, 1968
Service recordDonald Leroy Murphy, of Steelton, Pennsylvania, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 14, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 29
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- September 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Steelton, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 29
- GERALD ANTHONY MCCALLStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD MCCLAFFERTYSergeant · July 14, 1968
- RANCE ALDEN MCEACHERN JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
- GILBERT MORALESSergeant First Class · July 14, 1968
From Steelton
- REUBEN LOUIS GARNETT JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD HAWKLance Corporal · April 19, 1967
- JIMMIE JACK JONES JRSpecialist Five · March 7, 1970
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.