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THOMAS EDGAR MURRAY
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
February 15, 1939 – October 28, 1965
Service recordThomas Edgar Murray, of St Clair, Missouri, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 26
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 15, 1939
- Home of record
- St Clair, Missouri (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 26
- JAMES MOONEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD ALLEN NOELKEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- EARL GENE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- PHILLIP KENNETH REAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
From St Clair
- ELLIOTT LYNN MERKLEPrivate · January 2, 1966
- LEE CHRISTOPHER JAMES JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- STEVEN RICKY OLSONLance Corporal · July 22, 1968
- GEORGE DALE HARPERPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.