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MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1947 – June 10, 1966
Service recordMichael Thomas Murphy, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1947
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 30
- GREGORY THOMAS BUCZYNSKIPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- PETER DANIEL GEOGHEGANPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- EDWARD ALLEN IYNDELLINPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- WARD WARREN MILLS JRPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- GEROLD SCHAEFFERPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PETER DANIEL GEOGHEGANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 30
- MAX V VASQUEZ IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 32
- DERWOOD D STEIGLEMAN JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 33
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- JOSEPH WIGGINSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
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.