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TIMOTHY JAMES MURPHY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1947 – October 17, 1968
Service recordTimothy James Murphy, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Green Bay, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 69
- JOHN RAYMOND FERRAZZANOCorporal · October 17, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID FRANTZLance Corporal · October 17, 1968
- JAMES PHILLIP MASONSpecialist Five · October 17, 1968
- DAN ROSS MOORELance Corporal · October 17, 1968
From Green Bay
- JAMES DAVID LAHAYECommander · May 8, 1965
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND SMEESTERCorporal · July 1, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS JACKSONSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD LOYHospitalman · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · January 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE NORBART STANGELConstructionman · January 31, 1968
- GEARWIN PHILLIP TOUSEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · March 6, 1968
- FRANK VINCENT HERRERASergeant · April 4, 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.