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MICHAEL GARY MURRAY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1947 – March 21, 1966
Service recordMichael Gary Murray, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 34
- WILLIAM KING SHOUPLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JAMES RALPH PACEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- TERRY LEE QUINNPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- STANLEY RIFFLECorporal · March 21, 1966
- JOHN FELLOWS SCULL JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS RICHARD ANDREWLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 28
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 28
- JAMES HENRY CAVICCHI JRLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 31
- STEPHAN JAMES MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 33
- STANLEY RIFFLECorporal · Panel 6E, Line 34
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 35
- BRUCE LAMAR WATKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 36
- BILLIE JOE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 1W, Line 94
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.