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JOHN BUTLER MURRAY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 8, 1946 – July 5, 1968
Service recordJohn Butler Murray, of Newton, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Newton, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 22
- HENRY ALVERSON LEDFORDSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1968
- RUFUS MICHAEL MARTINSergeant · July 5, 1968
- GLENN RAY MILLERPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- WILLIE ROY MOBLEYSpecialist Four · July 5, 1968
From Newton
- RUPERT SADLER CARVEN IIILance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ENRICO HENRY PAGNANO JRSergeant · March 18, 1966
- ROBERT T STEINSIECK JRLance Corporal · December 3, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK FLOOD JRSergeant · December 9, 1967
- FRANCIS XAVIER TURBERTSergeant · March 10, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH FORTEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- FREDERICK J MCLAUGHLINSpecialist Four · February 10, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD MCMAHONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- ARTHUR STROYMANPrivate · August 20, 1969
- PAUL HUBERT DUNNE JRCorporal · November 19, 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.