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JOHN ROBERT MURPHY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1948 – February 8, 1968
Service recordJohn Robert Murphy, of Yorktown Heights, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 34
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Mechanic (1341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 9 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- November 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Yorktown Heights, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 34
- DONNIE RAY MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- LARRY JAMES MCCUBBINSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- ALLEN LAWRENCE MUMMERTSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- PATRICK MICHAEL MURPHYPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
From Yorktown Heights
- DANIEL THOMAS NUTLYPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- STEPHEN SCOTT SMITHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- MICHAEL STEPHEN ROMANOSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1968
- LOUIS VINCENT SUPINOStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- CRAIG NICHOLAS BARRYSergeant · April 11, 1970
- SEWALL KENT LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1970
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.