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WILLIAM ELLIOTT MURPHY
Private · U.S. Army
December 30, 1950 – July 28, 1971
Service recordWilliam Elliott Murphy, of Ennis, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 117
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Ennis, Texas (Ellis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In July 1971, 118 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 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 117
- DONALD EUGENE SCOTTStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1971
- ROBERT LEROY WILLARDSergeant · July 28, 1971
- EDWARD JOSEPH CAVANAUGHColonel · July 29, 1971
- ALLEN HOWELL CLARKStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES CLARKStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 116
- DONALD EUGENE SCOTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 117
- ROBERT LEROY WILLARDSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 117
From Ennis
- BILLY JOHN COLEYFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- EDWARD JAMES BELLSergeant First Class · April 22, 1967
- ALBERT DAVID MENTONCorporal · November 14, 1967
- DARRELL WAYNE DONALDSONPrivate First Class · March 9, 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.