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WILLIAM CAMPBELL MURPHY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1941 – October 5, 1965
Service recordWilliam Campbell Murphy, of Taunton, Massachusetts, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Taunton, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 109
- DEAN ANDREW POGREBAColonel · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- RAYMOND BAILEYSpecialist Four · October 6, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILMER BLODGETTPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 106
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 107
- THOMAS ANTHONY DVORATCHEKSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 108
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 108
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 109
From Taunton
- JOHN JAMES RAYMONDStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HENRYSergeant · March 26, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY FRANCISPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- EDWARD JAMES ANDRADECorporal · September 2, 1967
- RAYMOND ROLAND LAPOINTELance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- DOUGLAS JAMES LEMAIREWarrant Officer 1 · January 10, 1968
- RONALD RODERICKCorporal · February 4, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS SEVERINOCorporal · February 16, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH DONAHUEPetty Officer Third Class · May 28, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES DULLPrivate First Class · August 21, 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.