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THOMAS JOSEPH MURPHY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 12, 1939 – March 21, 1967
Service recordThomas Joseph Murphy, of Dunkerton, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Dunkerton, Iowa (Black Hawk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
95 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 9
- DAVID EUGENE MCLEMORESergeant · March 21, 1967
- JOEL WILLIAM MOCKPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- TERRY PATRICK MORROWCorporal · March 21, 1967
- EDWARD JERRY MULLERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CARL THOMAS ANTHONYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 127
- JUAN PASCUA AVILES-AVILESSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 128
- GUYE RAYMOND BENSONSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 129
- SCOTT CANNON BOWCUTTPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 129
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 130
- TIMOTHY EASLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 1
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 5
- DENNIS KLINESpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 6
- WILLIAM EDWARD LUNDPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 7
- MICHAEL G SUDBOROUGHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 7
- HENRY ROBERT MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 8
- JOHNNIE MURRAY MAYOPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 8
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 8
- THOMAS FRANCIS MINOGUEPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 8
- DAVID EUGENE MCLEMORESergeant · Panel 17E, Line 9
- ROBERT LEE KASTERCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 10
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 10
- JOHN WILLIAM ODIERNOSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 11
- PERCIE EDWARD OWENSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 11
- ROBERT HARVEY REINKECorporal · Panel 17E, Line 12
- ROGER DUANE ROSEBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 13
- DENNIS BERNARD STOCKWELLCorporal · Panel 17E, Line 14
- HAYZELL CALVIN TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 15
From Dunkerton
- STEVEN LEE WISSINKLance Corporal · February 13, 1969
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.