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ROBERT L MURPHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 10, 1946 – May 22, 1967
Service recordRobert L Murphy, of Madison, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Madison, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 85
- WALTER ZAMPIER MOORE JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1967
- LEONARD ANTHONY MORGANSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- CLARENCE LUTHER MORRISSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- EDWARD THEODORE MURPHYCorporal · May 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 82
- FREDERICK JAMES CARRATUROSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 82
- LEONARD ANTHONY MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 85
- HARRY JOHN MCGUIRE IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 86
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 86
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 88
- KENNETH GLEN WORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 88
From Madison
- RUSSEL WARREN ENGLESpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS COLL JRFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS JOSEPH MARKOVICHSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- WALTER BUSILL TULLY JRMajor · March 2, 1969
- RALPH ERNEST PIANO JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 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.