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TIMOTHY FRANCIS MURPHY JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 7, 1947 – October 31, 1970
Service recordTimothy Francis Murphy JR, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 32
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Unit Commander (1174)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1970; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 32
- JAMES ALAN LAIRDCaptain · October 31, 1970
- ROBERT EDISON LINVILLESpecialist Four · October 31, 1970
- JIMMY EUGENE MARCHESIPrivate First Class · October 31, 1970
- PAUL EDWARD REEDStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS GARY EHLERSSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 31
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACERSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 31
- ROBERT EDISON LINVILLESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 32
- PAUL SIRIANNI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 33
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
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.