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THOMAS E MURRAY
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 20, 1926 – September 14, 1967
Service recordThomas E Murray, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 72
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. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1926
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1967
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 72
- WILLIAM D HUYLER JRSecond Lieutenant · September 14, 1967
- PERLEY MILFORD LONG JRPrivate · September 14, 1967
- TONEY NELSON JRLance Corporal · September 14, 1967
- JOSEPH SHEPHERD ROSE JRCaptain · September 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEROY HOWARDPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 71
- WILLIAM D HUYLER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 26E, Line 72
- PERLEY MILFORD LONG JRPrivate · Panel 26E, Line 72
- JOSEPH SHEPHERD ROSE JRCaptain · Panel 26E, Line 72
- DAVID CARL STANLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 73
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.