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MURRAY LYMAN BORDEN
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 2, 1941 – October 13, 1966
Service recordMurray Lyman Borden, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 13, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1111F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 480 TFS DANANG AB
- Born
- January 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 11E, Line 69
- GENE ALLEN MENEFEEStaff Sergeant · October 12, 1966
- ALVIN GARVIE MORRISPrivate First Class · October 12, 1966
- DONALD WILLIAM ROHLEDERFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1966
- DENNIS EUGENE SPRINGSTEENPrivate First Class · October 12, 1966
From Goldsboro
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- JOSEPH M GRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD VANHOYPetty Officer First Class · May 17, 1969
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.