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LARRON DAVID MURPHY
Captain · U.S. Army
October 5, 1944 – April 23, 1970
Service recordLarron David Murphy, of Dalton, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 23, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 41
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Dalton, Georgia (Whitfield County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 23, 1970
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 41
- KENNETH ROLAND JONESFirst Sergeant · April 23, 1970
- GEORGE THOMAS KELLY IIIFirst Lieutenant · April 23, 1970
- DANNY LEONARD LITTLEStaff Sergeant · April 23, 1970
- ALBIN EARL LUCKICaptain · April 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD EDWARD BASEHORE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 39
- DENNIS KEITH EADSChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 11W, Line 40
From Dalton
- MICHAEL CLAY NATIONSSergeant · September 17, 1966
- KENNETH WAYNE OGLESSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- KENNETH IAN FINKELCorporal · September 20, 1967
- LAWRENCE BUFORD FLOWERSFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 1967
- CHARLES EVAN BEAVERSLance Corporal · October 16, 1967
- WILLIAM LAMAR DWIGHTLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- DONALD FREDRICK PARKERLance Corporal · January 20, 1968
- KENNETH JERRY WILLIAMSSergeant · February 2, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM CLINESpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- GARY ROBERT CRUSESpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
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.