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JOHN FRANCIS MURPHY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 14, 1928 – July 29, 1969
Service recordJohn Francis Murphy, of Wenatchee, Washington, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 73
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 14, 1928
- Home of record
- Wenatchee, Washington (Chelan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 73
- LARRY MURRAYSergeant · July 29, 1969
- DAVID PATRICK QUINLANLance Corporal · July 29, 1969
- HUGH EDWARD REVISPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
- REINALDO CARRASQUILLO-SOLTEROPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JOSEPH AMENDOLACaptain · Panel 20W, Line 68
- PERRY NATHANIEL BROWNINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 69
- JOHN WILLIAM WHISENANTSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 74
From Wenatchee
- LAWRENCE ANDRE FRANKLINSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DALE LOUIS COURCHANECorporal · April 2, 1966
- MANUEL VEGA TORRESSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- BERT HOWARD HINSONMaster Sergeant · January 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH HANLEYPetty Officer Third Class · May 25, 1968
- STEPHEN MARK GARDNERLance Corporal · June 28, 1968
- WILLIAM CARLYLE INGRAMLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- BEVERLY LEE BARNHARTStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1969
- GARY LEE GILLARDStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1969
- ADAM HOLMAN JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 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.