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ERVIN JEROME MURRELL
Private · U.S. Army
December 28, 1950 – December 23, 1970
Service recordErvin Jerome Murrell, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 2
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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 2
- RAYMOND DONALD KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · December 23, 1970
- JESSIE RAY LINDLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 1970
- MICHAEL WILLIAM MCANDREWSWarrant Officer 1 · December 23, 1970
- THOMAS WILLIAM SHAWPrivate · December 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM NELSON BULTHUISSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 1
- JESSIE RAY LINDLERPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 2
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCOBYStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 3
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.