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FRED HOWELL MCMURRAY JR
Captain · U.S. Army
November 16, 1943 – April 7, 1968
Service recordFred Howell McMurray JR, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 45
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- TRP B 1 SQ 9 CAV 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 7, 1968
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 48E, Line 45
- WILLIAM ROYAL MCGEESergeant Major · April 7, 1968
- THOMAS STEVEN NASHPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- ROGER MILLER NELSONHospitalman · April 7, 1968
- TILO RUDOLF OESTERREICHCorporal · April 7, 1968
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.