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JOHN LEO MURDOCK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 11, 1949 – June 21, 1969
Service recordJohn Leo Murdock, of Medford, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 105
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Medford, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 105
- CHARLES GONZIE GRAYPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- JAMES OSCAR HALL JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- REGINALD WILLIAM JONESPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- ROGER LEE JOYCESergeant · June 21, 1969
From Medford
- BERNARD JAMES CREEDSergeant · November 17, 1965
- HAROLD BARNETT NELSONLance Corporal · June 2, 1966
- ARTHUR ANTHONY FREDA JRSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- EARL KENNETH BURNS JRSenior Master Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- EDWARD CHARLES MCCARTHYLance Corporal · February 2, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MCCARTHYLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM ARGYFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS YEOMANSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- VINCENT ANTONIO MOTTOLAPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- CRAIG FRANCIS SWAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 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.