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ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 11, 1946 – December 21, 1966
Service recordRobert Emmett Murphy JR, of Compton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 68
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- RICHARD VICTOR LINDEPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD MULLINSStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1966
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
- TYRONE WRIGHTSpecialist Five · November 9, 1967
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.