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EDWARD THEODORE MURPHY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 30, 1944 – May 22, 1967
Service recordEdward Theodore Murphy, of Levittown, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Levittown, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 85
- WALTER ZAMPIER MOORE JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1967
- LEONARD ANTHONY MORGANSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- CLARENCE LUTHER MORRISSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- ROBERT L MURPHYSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
From Levittown
- JAMES RAYMOND ONEILLMajor · February 6, 1963
- MICKY JAMES JOHNSLance Corporal · September 20, 1966
- ROBERT BENJAMIN SANZONESergeant · May 18, 1967
- DONALD WALTER HOLLENBACHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1968
- KERRY RICHARD FOST GEDDESCorporal · January 18, 1968
- STEVEN RICHARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- STEPHEN FRANK PALAZZOLAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- GERALD COHENStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
- KELLUM WARREN GRANTSergeant · May 4, 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.