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JAMES JOHN MURPHY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1947 – November 5, 1967
Service recordJames John Murphy, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 25
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 25
- ALFRED LEON BERTULLILance Corporal · November 5, 1967
- CHARLES KENNETH JOHNSTONCorporal · November 5, 1967
- RICHARD CLAYTON LANGSJOENCorporal · November 5, 1967
- CARL PHILIP MCCORMICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 1968
- CARL SANFORD KIZERCaptain · June 19, 1968
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.