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MICHAEL PATRICK MURPHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 1, 1949 – May 24, 1970
Service recordMichael Patrick Murphy, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 91
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 1, 1949
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 91
- JOHN KAUGARSFirst Lieutenant · May 24, 1970
- ANTONIO LOUIS MORETTISpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
- SAMMY RAY MORRISONSergeant · May 24, 1970
- ROBERT BRUCE PRITCHARDStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN RICHARD BARKLEYCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 89
- DENNIS RAY SILVESANSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 92
- RUSSELL DAVID WATTSCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 92
- NICHOLAS WHITTIER VROOMANSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 93
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.