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JOHN PAUL MURPHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 17, 1946 – November 10, 1968
Service recordJohn Paul Murphy, of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 45
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)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 45
- HAWK JESSE MILTON REDPrivate · November 10, 1968
- JOHN GWIN RITCHPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- BILLIE GROVER RUSSCorporal · November 10, 1968
- HARRY W WICKERSHAM JRFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLIE GROVER RUSSCorporal · Panel 39W, Line 45
From Conshohocken
- LAWRENCE RICHARD MOYERMajor · August 31, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM FOXCorporal · April 3, 1968
- MILES GREGORY WILDMANSpecialist Four · October 26, 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.