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WALTER EDWARD MURPHY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 30, 1947 – December 12, 1967
Service recordWalter Edward Murphy JR, of Covina, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 83
- JERRY MARCO ROBERTSSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL STEVENSCorporal · December 11, 1967
- DAVID EMIL AILIStaff Sergeant · December 12, 1967
- DENNY ALBERT BATTYSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
From Covina
- RICHARD LAVERN BISHOPSergeant · October 1, 1966
- DONALD WARD EVANS JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- MELVIN GLEN MOFFETTCorporal · February 5, 1967
- TERRY GENE HEEKINSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE FERGUSONLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- STANLEY GRANT STRONGCorporal · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL KENNETH HARESpecialist Five · March 30, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BUTTSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- FRANK MICHAEL DENARDO JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO OLLIVIERPetty Officer Second Class · February 23, 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.