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WALTER ALECK MURZIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 17, 1946 – October 2, 1966
Service recordWalter Aleck Murzin, of Concord, New Hampshire, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 37
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Concord, New Hampshire (Merrimack County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 37
- DUNCAN ALEXANDER MACFETTERSSecond Lieutenant · October 2, 1966
- FLORENTINO R ROQUESpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- FRANCIS PATRICK ROYALPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- ROY SALAZARPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
From Concord
- ERNEST GEORGE PAULPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- EVERETT PORTER RUNNELLSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- RONALD D ROACHSergeant · February 12, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN SALTMARSHPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- GEORGE PHILIP DESMARAISPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS PROVENCHERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- WILLIAM R DOUILLETTE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- DOUGLAS EARL STOVERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- GARY CHESTER TOWLECorporal · May 24, 1969
- RONALD LEON OLSONSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
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.