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JOHN WILLIAM MURPHY III
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 5, 1942 – March 10, 1968
Service recordJohn William Murphy III, of Florissant, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Florissant, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Long An 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 44E, Line 10
- LEWIS WAYNE MOOREPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- MARSHALL DAYLE NELSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES OGLESBYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- CHARLES OLIVERPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES MCKINLEY HAIRSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 7
- JOHN ARTHUR HOOKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 8
- DURWOOD BERT LOMBARDSpecialist Five · Panel 44E, Line 9
- RICHARD ALBERT MARSHCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 9
- RICHARD CHARLES WESTBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 12
From Florissant
- THOMAS MICHAEL NOWACKPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- KENNETH GENE BLANTONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LOUIS FERDINAND KEEVENChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1967
- JAMES DAVID AMESSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD DELASSUSSergeant · September 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL WEICHECorporal · January 31, 1969
- CHARLES FRANCIS PREVEDELSergeant First Class · April 17, 1969
- GREGORY RAYMOND VOGLERSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE FREYPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- DONALD JESS GARVEY JRPrivate · September 28, 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.