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THOMAS EDWARD MURRAY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 3, 1945 – December 29, 1965
Service recordThomas Edward Murray, of Somerville, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 29, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Somerville, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 45
- WILLIAM A BURNETTPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- ARTHUR SINCLAIR HILL JRLieutenant · December 29, 1965
- EDGAR ARTHUR RAWSTHORNECommander · December 29, 1965
- THOMAS PETER SIMCHOCKPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
From Somerville
- ROY JOHN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- DANIEL BENJAMIN DUFFY JRCorporal · April 24, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLDENSergeant · February 16, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH LAWRENCE GREENEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate · August 9, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCNABBPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOHN DONALD KENNE MACLEANSergeant · February 4, 1968
- FREDERICK J OCONNOR JRPrivate First Class · February 27, 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.