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EDWARD JOSEPH MURPHY JR
Major · U.S. Army
November 5, 1934 – November 17, 1967
Service recordEdward Joseph Murphy JR, of Everett, Massachusetts, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1967, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 5, 1934
- Home of record
- Everett, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 6
- KENNETH LEE WITTPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- GLENN ROBERT WYLIESergeant · November 16, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES BULMANSpecialist Four · November 17, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CAPPELLILieutenant Colonel · November 17, 1967
From Everett
- JAMES VINCENT TAURISANOLance Corporal · January 20, 1966
- WILLIAM MICHAEL DALEYCorporal · December 3, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH FORDICorporal · May 8, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT PIZZANOPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ROBERT FRANK RONGA JRSpecialist Four · September 27, 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.