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Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966.
Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966. Photo: SP5 Charles V. Hoover, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Murray John Wyman.

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MURRAY JOHN WYMAN

Captain · U.S. Army

November 6, 1943 – October 31, 1969

Service record

Murray John Wyman, of San Jose, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 16W · Line 11

Position of Panel 16W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Air Observation Pilot (1981)
Unit (as recorded)
1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
Born
November 6, 1943
Home of record
San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 31, 1969
Age
25
Province
Tay Ninh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

19 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 16W, Line 11

Same unit, same day

From San Jose

All 142 names from San Jose →

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.