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WILLIAM EDWARD MURFF
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 17, 1948 – July 21, 1967
Service recordWilliam Edward Murff, of Prattville, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 103
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, 1948
- Home of record
- Prattville, Alabama (Autauga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 103
- HAROLD RICHARD NIELSENCorporal · July 21, 1967
- WILLIAM ALFRED POLLARDPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LE ROY CARL RADTKE JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN WILSON RIVERSHospitalman · July 21, 1967
From Prattville
- SAMUEL GERALD CROWELLSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JOSEPH MARVINPrivate · July 4, 1967
- JOE WILKINS SMITHPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ALBERT DAVISSergeant · April 21, 1968
- WILLIAM CLYDE NORTHINGTONLance Corporal · March 4, 1969
- JAMES EARL BOUYERPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- RONALD GARY CROWEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL SUTTLEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · August 25, 1970
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.