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WILLIAM DONALD MURRAY JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1929 – January 26, 1969
Service recordWilliam Donald Murray JR, of North Weymouth, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1929
- Home of record
- North Weymouth, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 87
- WILLIAM ROY NEVILLESergeant · January 26, 1969
- STANLEY HAROLD NEWMANLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- RODNEY WAYNE PAVAOPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
- CHARLES HENRY WATKINS JRCorporal · January 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALEX BOYLECorporal · Panel 34W, Line 83
- JACKIE VERNON HENSLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 84
- MICHAEL RONALD MICHELSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 86
- WILLIAM RICHARD MOHRHAUSERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 86
- DAVID CLYDE RUSHSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 88
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SOLTANSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 89
From North Weymouth
- RICHARD B FITZGIBBON JRTechnical Sergeant · June 8, 1956
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.