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DOUGLAS WOODFIN MURPHEY JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 13, 1941 – December 19, 1969
Service recordDouglas Woodfin Murphey JR, of Chester, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 19, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 43
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 13, 1941
- Home of record
- Chester, Virginia (Chesterfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1969. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 43
- ERIC LAWRENCE TULLERSeaman · April 23, 1970
- ALLEN THOMAS WHITEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1970
- GARRY LEE WORLEYCorporal · April 23, 1970
- JAMES RUSSELL CASESpecialist Four · April 24, 1970
- TIMOTHY GEORGE FRANKCorporal · April 24, 1970
From Chester
- WALTER NORRIS AMMONSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- LAWRENCE RUSSELL DANCESergeant · May 15, 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.