The Wall › Panel 20E › Tennessee › Douglas Wayne Murphey
DOUGLAS WAYNE MURPHEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1946 – May 20, 1967
Service recordDouglas Wayne Murphey, of Springfield, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 65
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Springfield, Tennessee (Robertson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 65
- IVY M MCCARROLL JRSergeant · May 20, 1967
- NICHOLAS ALLEN PAVLAKOVICHCorporal · May 20, 1967
- BARRY CARLTON PRICEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ROY SMITHCorporal · May 20, 1967
From Springfield
- JIMMIE CLAY HUTCHERSONCorporal · June 2, 1966
- BILLY BARNELL WOODSONLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- DARRELL W HEATHERLYSergeant · June 6, 1967
- DWIGHT WAYNE CARROLLPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- WILLIAM LYNN PITTLance Corporal · August 28, 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.