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ROBERT EDWARD MURPHY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 11, 1946 – January 1, 1968
Service recordRobert Edward Murphy JR, of Euclid, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Euclid, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 14
- PETER KRETZCHMARWarrant Officer 1 · January 1, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD LLOYDPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- RONALD LYNN MARTINWarrant Officer 1 · January 1, 1968
- FELIX ANTHONY SISARIOSergeant First Class · January 1, 1968
From Euclid
- RAYMOND MICHAEL CHASSERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- LLOYD ANDREW SELLERS IIISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- JAMES LAWRENCE BLASKISSeaman · July 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE GEORGE STAPLETONSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSergeant · September 29, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES DIMAGARDFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1968
- ALLEN JOHN PRETNARCorporal · August 8, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD LOTHMANSpecialist Four · October 4, 1968
- DAVID ALAN GAUCHLance Corporal · January 14, 1969
- THOMAS M FITZPATRICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 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.