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FRANK MONROE MURPHY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 27, 1943 – December 7, 1966
Service recordFrank Monroe Murphy, of Dallas, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 19
- WILLIAM DAVID LAMBERTPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- JOSE MUNOZCorporal · December 7, 1966
- HARRY WALTER MURRAYPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- DERALD DEAN SWIFTCaptain · December 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DAVID LAMBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 19
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.