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LARRY MURRAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1947 – July 29, 1969
Service recordLarry Murray, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 73
- JOHN FRANCIS MURPHYSergeant First Class · July 29, 1969
- DAVID PATRICK QUINLANLance Corporal · July 29, 1969
- HUGH EDWARD REVISPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
- REINALDO CARRASQUILLO-SOLTEROPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY NATHANIEL GIVENSSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 70
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.