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VINCENT PATRICK MURPHY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 27, 1947 – June 5, 1970
Service recordVincent Patrick Murphy JR, of San Francisco, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 27, 1947
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 15
- RANDY LEE MASTSergeant · June 5, 1970
- GRADY E MCBRIDE IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1970
- DAVID ALLEN MEIROSECorporal · June 5, 1970
- WILLIAM ACE BILLY MORTONSergeant · June 5, 1970
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.