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ROY LYNWOOD MURPHY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1944 – May 29, 1965
Service recordRoy Lynwood Murphy, of Moultrie, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 128
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
- Basic Infantryman (0300)
- Born
- February 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Moultrie, Georgia (Colquitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 128
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- TYRONE BRUCE CARSONSergeant · May 30, 1965
- CHRISTOPHER JO OSULLIVANCaptain · May 30, 1965
- WILLIE DONALD TYRONEStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1965
From Moultrie
- JAMES THOMAS ELRODPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- MAX EUGENE SLOANLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- CLEMMIE JAMES TOMLINSONMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1967
- BRUCE CROCKLIN ALFREDPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JOHN ARTHUR WILCOX JRSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- BILLY HUGH HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOHNNY DALE CASEYSpecialist Four · June 21, 1968
- ALLEN VERONE JACKSONCorporal · November 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EDGAR MCGUIREStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN LEWISCorporal · July 3, 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.