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JIMMY ROGER MURRELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 24, 1950 – July 2, 1971
Service recordJimmy Roger Murrell, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 97
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 97
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MURPHYStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1971
- FREDDIE TURNERSergeant · July 2, 1971
- PHILLIP REX BERGFIELDCaptain · July 3, 1971
- DONALD LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · July 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MURPHYStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 97
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.