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JOHNNIE RAY MCMURRAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1939 – October 7, 1967
Service recordJohnnie Ray McMurray, of Dixiana, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 66
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1939
- Home of record
- Dixiana, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 66
- DAVID LAWTON HODGESLieutenant · October 7, 1967
- JAMES LARRY LAWRENCECorporal · October 7, 1967
- ROBERT JERRY PADGETTCorporal · October 7, 1967
- BENJAMIN F PHILLIPS JRMaster Sergeant · October 7, 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.