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PATRICK RONALD MURPHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 26, 1947 – March 14, 1967
Service recordPatrick Ronald Murphy, of Lafayette, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 81
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 81
- EDWARD LAMAR MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1967
- JOSEPH WALTER MORRISONSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM CALVIN PEARCE IVPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- DENNIS CRAIG WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
From Lafayette
- GEORGE PARKER MCKNIGHTCaptain · December 11, 1965
- ROY JAMES RICHARDPrivate · May 29, 1966
- CARROLL JAMES HEBERTPrivate First Class · November 29, 1966
- RAY WESLEY RHODUSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- KENNETH JOHN STUTESLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- ARTHUR J DELA HOUSSAYE JRCaptain · January 31, 1968
- THOMAS TRUETT HENSLEYMajor · March 17, 1968
- WALTER ALVIN SOUTHER IIICaptain · June 24, 1968
- HUBERT SINEGAL JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
- GLENN WAYNE ROMEROPrivate First Class · January 7, 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.