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RONALD JAMES MURPHY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1948 – August 4, 1968
Service recordRonald James Murphy, of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 9
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Technician (2311)
- Born
- October 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Lansdale, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 9
- OSCAR LEE HOUSEPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- DARNELL PATRICK MURRAYStaff Sergeant · August 4, 1968
- RAMIRO LOPEZ SALINASSergeant · August 4, 1968
From Lansdale
- ARMAND JAMES AUFIEREPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- MARK THOMAS LINDERMANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- GEORGE EVERETT SHADEHospitalman · October 13, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY GLORIOSOCorporal · April 30, 1968
- PAUL DEIHL WOLFSergeant · May 9, 1968
- WILLIAM ELWOOD HANNINGSLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- ANDREW MARK PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- ALBERT MAURICE FINNFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1970
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.