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VINCENT FRANCIS MURPHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 16, 1945 – September 18, 1966
Service recordVincent Francis Murphy, of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Grosse Pointe, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 114
- JAMES HENRY DUFFETT JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- TIMOTHY JAMES MCMAHONPetty Officer Third Class · September 18, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
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.