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RODERICK DANE MCMURRY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 29, 1946 – June 1, 1967
Service recordRoderick Dane McMurry, of Mossyrock, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Mossyrock, Washington (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- 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
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 29
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE PARISHPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PARKER IIIPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- EDWARD HAROLD RIXMANNPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- DANIEL THOMAS SCHMIDTLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
From Mossyrock
- ROBERT EARL CLOWECorporal · August 19, 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.