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RAY MURPHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 16, 1949 – March 17, 1970
Service recordRay Murphy, of Connersville, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 14
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Connersville, Indiana (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 14
- RICHARD ALLEN MOHRSergeant · March 17, 1970
- TRUMAN DENNIS NORRISChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 17, 1970
- ALEXANDER FRANK POTASSergeant · March 17, 1970
- THOMAS LAWRENCE RYANSpecialist Four · March 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HUGH CLOWER JRSpecialist Five · Panel 12W, Line 12
- DOUGLAS GREGORY HOWESCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 13
- TRUMAN DENNIS NORRISChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 12W, Line 14
- ERWIN ROSS SCHMELINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 15
- ROBERT JOSEPH THOMASLieutenant Colonel · Panel 12W, Line 15
- MARK ANDREW WHIKEHARTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 12W, Line 16
From Connersville
- CHARLES JEFFREY MARTINLance Corporal · February 19, 1968
- KENNETH MARCUMCorporal · August 11, 1969
- JAMES RAY SWANGOCorporal · June 17, 1970
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.