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FREDERICK WILLIAM MURPHY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1950 – July 2, 1971
Service recordFrederick William Murphy, of Brentwood, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 97
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Brentwood, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 97
- JIMMY ROGER MURRELLSpecialist Four · July 2, 1971
- FREDDIE TURNERSergeant · July 2, 1971
- PHILLIP REX BERGFIELDCaptain · July 3, 1971
- DONALD LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · July 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY ROGER MURRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 97
From Brentwood
- MICHAEL NEAL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
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.