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JAMES HOWARD MURPHY
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
July 24, 1935 – December 18, 1966
Service recordJames Howard Murphy, of Rochester, New York, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 18, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Naval Flight Officer (1320)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- July 24, 1935
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 59
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MADSENSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- ALBERT JOSEPH MCAULIFFEFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1966
- JOEL WILLIAM MCDONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1966
- DONALD RAY PRYORPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.