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WAYNE STEPHEN MURPHY
Private · U.S. Army
June 11, 1951 – June 25, 1971
Service recordWayne Stephen Murphy, of Dallas, Oregon, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 89
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 11, 1951
- Home of record
- Dallas, Oregon (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 89
- LOUIS JOHN SPEIDELCaptain · June 25, 1971
- MICHAEL JOSEPH WHITAKERSpecialist Four · June 25, 1971
- MICHAEL ROY WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1971
- SEBASTIAN EDWARD DELUCAMaster Sergeant · June 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RUBIN MATHIS IISpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 88
- MICHAEL JOSEPH WHITAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 89
From Dallas
- WESLEY GENE BAUGHMANCorporal · May 5, 1968
- JACK HOWARD DILLONSpecialist Five · July 29, 1970
- RUSSELL GLEN BLOCHERSergeant · February 7, 1971
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.