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MERRITT LEWIS MURRAY
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 21, 1947 – October 30, 1968
Service recordMerritt Lewis Murray, of Genoa, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Genoa, New York (Cayuga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 56
- DALE HARLAN AMUNDSONPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
- GREGORY JOSEPH BARTKOWSKIPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
- JOHN VERNON BERGMaster Gunnery Sergeant · October 30, 1968
- HERBERT JOSEPH PARZYNSKISergeant First Class · October 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD HENRY FORGUESergeant · Panel 40W, Line 57
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.