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VIRGIL ARTHUR MURRAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 23, 1930 – March 17, 1966
Service recordVirgil Arthur Murray, of Larned, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 18
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 23, 1930
- Home of record
- Larned, Kansas (Pawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 18
- GARLAND CLAUDE BOBBITTSergeant · March 17, 1966
- WILLIAM HOVER CRAIG JRCaptain · March 17, 1966
- MERWIN A DELANO JRPrivate · March 17, 1966
- BENJAMIN LEE IVPrivate First Class · March 17, 1966
From Larned
- LUZ VIEGRASpecialist Four · December 4, 1965
- RICHARD EARL ARNOLDSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- JOHN CABLE PETTY IISergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM MARVIN COMER JRPetty Officer Second Class · February 1, 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.