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PATRICK PETER MURRAY
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1942 – January 19, 1968
Service recordPatrick Peter Murray, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on January 19, 1968, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Qualified A-6e Bombardier/Navigator (I) (7583)
- Born
- October 1, 1942
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 19, 1968
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34E, Line 80
- EFRAIN DEJESUS-CARRERASPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- ROBERT MUELLER MCCONNELLLance Corporal · January 19, 1968
- CHARLES EDMOND MUZZEYPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- TIMOTHY MARK NAFESpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- LEONARD LEE NEWTONPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.