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JOSEPH PATRICK MURPHY
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1940 – March 24, 1967
Service recordJoseph Patrick Murphy, of Long Beach, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 37
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 27, 1940
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 37
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
- HARRY F MCGINNIS JRLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- JIMMY DALE MOODYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.