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JON MICHAEL MURPHY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1946 – March 29, 1968
Service recordJon Michael Murphy, of Thompson Falls, Montana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Thompson Falls, Montana (Sanders County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên 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 47E, Line 3
- DONALD B MCCOIGWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1968
- PAUL RAY MCFADDENSergeant · March 29, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE MULTHAUPTCorporal · March 29, 1968
- MELVIN DEW NEWTONSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS G CARLISLE IIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 46E, Line 61
- LARRY ALBERT IANNETTASpecialist Five · Panel 47E, Line 1
- JOSEPH LASZLOWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 47E, Line 2
- PAUL RAY MCFADDENSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 3
From Thompson Falls
- JAMES WILLIAMS STEPHENSLance Corporal · September 13, 1965
- DELMAR LEON LAWRENCEPetty Officer Third Class · April 1, 1968
- HIMA DUNCAN MCDOUGALL JRSpecialist Four · August 26, 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.