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SAMUEL ENNIS MURPH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 26, 1946 – September 22, 1966
Service recordSamuel Ennis Murph, of Houma, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Houma, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 132
- WILLIAM JOHN FISHERLance Corporal · September 22, 1966
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- JOE THOMAS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN KNOCHELLieutenant · September 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD PAUL BARTLESpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 131
- HUGH CONRAD CLAUSENSpecialist Five · Panel 10E, Line 131
- JOSEPH NICHOLAS DAVIPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 131
- JAMES DAVID SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 133
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 1
- GEORGE WYCINSKY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 1
From Houma
- RAYMOND PATRICK FLYNNPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- ROY ANTHONY DUTHUPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- CALVIN RAYMOND HEBERT JRCorporal · February 22, 1966
- MILLER JOHN BOURGLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES BOUDREAUXPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- WILTON PAUL LEBOUEFSpecialist Four · August 21, 1966
- ELDRIDGE MICHAEL BRUNETSpecialist Four · September 27, 1967
- RUDOLPH JOHN BILLIOTPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- ABRA JOSEPH WOLFE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1968
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.