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RICHARD BRIAN MURPHY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 2, 1948 – June 15, 1968
Service recordRichard Brian Murphy, of Norwood, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Norwood, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 29
- ROBERT FRANCISCO LOPEZPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- FRANCIS EVERETT MANUELMaster Sergeant · June 15, 1968
- GERALD MCCLINTOCKPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- WILLIAM IVAN MERCERPetty Officer Second Class · June 15, 1968
From Norwood
- LAWRENCE HOWARD MITCHELLSergeant · June 16, 1967
- PATRICK KEVIN BURKECorporal · March 30, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS FITZGERALDChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 12, 1968
- KEITH TERRELL LANDERSLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH SANSONESeaman · September 10, 1972
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.