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JAMES ALFRED MCMURDO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1946 – June 6, 1967
Service recordJames Alfred McMurdo, of Sepulveda, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Sepulveda, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 63
- ROBERT MICHAEL MILLERLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- WILLIE LEE PAGESpecialist Four · June 6, 1967
- DAVID FRANK SHERRELLCorporal · June 6, 1967
- DALE LLOYD SPEIRCorporal · June 6, 1967
From Sepulveda
- RICHARD L HATLESTADFirst Lieutenant · April 12, 1963
- JOHN ANDREW EWARTLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH COSTANTINI JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PERKINS JRCorporal · October 12, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY BAFILESpecialist Five · February 20, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HOLZMANPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- MICHAEL GALE HUTSONLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- BENJAMIN BUGARINCaptain · April 27, 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.