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DOUGLAS EARL MURRAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 5, 1925 – November 5, 1966
Service recordDouglas Earl Murray, of Pomona, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 5, 1925
- Home of record
- Pomona, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1966
- Age
- 41
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 29
- WALTER HARVEY MYERS JRSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- ALAN JAMES PERRAULTFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1966
- ALFRED SEVENSKIPrivate · November 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GLEN COLLINSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 27
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 28
From Pomona
- RICHARD CHRISTIAN SATHERLieutenant (junior grade) · August 5, 1964
- JOHN WESLEY COBBPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- RAYMOND CHARLES MARTINSergeant · March 18, 1966
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- RONALD JEROME HENRYLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FORTNERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1967
- MARVIN HALL TERRYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS ANTHONY ECKLSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- RICHARD ROSS TOLETTESecond Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
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.