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HARRY WALTER MURRAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 14, 1946 – December 7, 1966
Service recordHarry Walter Murray, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- BJWS USARV
- Born
- December 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
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 unit recorded as “BJWS USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 19
- WILLIAM DAVID LAMBERTPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- JOSE MUNOZCorporal · December 7, 1966
- FRANK MONROE MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · December 7, 1966
- DERALD DEAN SWIFTCaptain · December 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 18
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.