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HERBERT STERLING MURFF
Master Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 27, 1938 – August 8, 1966
Service recordHerbert Sterling Murff, of Caruthersville, Missouri, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Helicopter Maintenance Chief (6119)
- Born
- January 27, 1938
- Home of record
- Caruthersville, Missouri (Pemiscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 16
- FREDDIE KEMPPrivate · August 17, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH PEARSONMajor · August 17, 1966
- ALLEN GLAINE WELLSSpecialist Four · August 17, 1966
- JAMES E BOWERSSergeant · August 18, 1966
From Caruthersville
- WALTER CLARENCE LEEPrivate · December 7, 1968
- GLENNIE WAYNE CAINSergeant · April 8, 1969
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.