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JOSEPH THOMAS MURPHY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 23, 1949 – May 4, 1969
Service recordJoseph Thomas Murphy JR, of Glens Falls, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 112
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Glens Falls, New York (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 112
- WILLIAM DAVID BRITTONFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE HOUSEHOLDERStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1969
- JOSEPH RUBEN KARPYSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT KLAPAK JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WAYNE HOUSEHOLDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 112
- JOHN ROBERT KLAPAK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 112
From Glens Falls
- ALBERT BOYD AYRESMajor · February 24, 1967
- JAMES JOHN BATESCorporal · March 19, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PEZZULOCorporal · March 21, 1967
- HOWARD EUGENE BEAGLESergeant · April 10, 1967
- JOSEPH LEONARD COLOTTISpecialist Four · April 19, 1967
- ROBERT OWEN BARRYLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- PETER MARK BUTLERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WARREN VANTASSELLCorporal · July 5, 1968
- GERALD EDMUND HAMMOND JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DIMITRI BALAMOTIMajor · November 24, 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.