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JOHN LYLE MURPHY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 3, 1947 – February 6, 1968
Service recordJohn Lyle Murphy, of Lorain, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Lorain, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 63
- CHARLES CLIFFORD MITCHEMStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- RONALD EDWARDS MORRISLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL MULLERVYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- FRED LAMARR SALYERPetty Officer Third Class · February 6, 1968
From Lorain
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- RONALD RALICHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD FIELDSLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
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.