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IRA JEROME MURPHREE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 8, 1947 – December 10, 1967
Service recordIra Jerome Murphree, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 76
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 76
- WASHINGTON CARVER MABLEPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN MACHACEKLance Corporal · December 10, 1967
- STEVEN HOWARD NELSONLance Corporal · December 10, 1967
- JOHNNY VILLARREALSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.