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ROBERT DENNIS MURPHY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 21, 1946 – August 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Dennis Murphy, of Falls City, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SB 2 BN 32 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- July 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Falls City, Nebraska (Richardson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 49
- ROBERT JACOB MILLER JRPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- GILBERTO MENDEZ MOLINAPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- ROGER RALPH MOLLSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- DENNIS EVERETT MORGANCorporal · August 23, 1968
From Falls City
- CARL ROBERT MARRSPrivate · July 18, 1966
- MELVIN ERNEST KUHLMANLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- GARY WAYNE DUNNSpecialist Five · May 20, 1968
- PAUL AUGUST HOLTZSeaman · January 19, 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.