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LLOYD ALBERT MURPHY
Senior Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
December 3, 1921 – August 6, 1970
Service recordLloyd Albert Murphy, of San Diego, California, served as a Senior Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 6, 1970, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 89
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. Navy
- Rank
- Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- December 3, 1921
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1970
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 89
- WILLIAM CHARLES PRCHLIKPetty Officer Second Class · August 6, 1970
- RONALD EARL SAMUELSONPrivate First Class · August 6, 1970
- WILLIAM FREDERICK SHAW JRSergeant · August 6, 1970
- KENNITH WALKER TAPSCOTTLieutenant · August 6, 1970
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.