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STEVEN EDWARD MURRAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 26, 1949 – May 26, 1969
Service recordSteven Edward Murray, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 111
- LOUIS HENRY GODLEYSpecialist Four · May 26, 1969
- MAX LISENBYCorporal · May 26, 1969
- CHRIS RONALD MARTINEZSergeant · May 26, 1969
- LARRY DONALD MULLENPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT EDWARD SAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 113
- GARY KENT SMITHPrivate · Panel 24W, Line 116
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.