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MICHAEL MURPHY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 12, 1948 – May 26, 1968
Service recordMichael Murphy, of Waltham, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 10
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)
- Born
- February 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Waltham, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66W, Line 10
- MITCHELL LEE MCGUIRESpecialist Four · May 26, 1968
- HERCULES LEE MOORELance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- JIMMY LEE MOORELance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE PETERSONPetty Officer Second Class · May 26, 1968
From Waltham
- EMIL JEROME TADEVICHCorporal · December 31, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD ONEILL JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- THOMAS FRANCIS JACKSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN MILLER SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH PAUL RANDOPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW DUPEREPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE RICHARD DUFFYSecond Lieutenant · November 29, 1967
- REGINALD JOSEPH GAUTREAULance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- PAUL CHESTER KING JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- KENNETH FREDERICK MOORESPrivate First Class · October 8, 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.