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WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1950 – February 16, 1970
Service recordWilliam Joseph Murphy, of New Castle, Delaware, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 16, 1950
- Home of record
- New Castle, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 20
- EDEWIN CLEO HARMONCorporal · February 16, 1970
- DON RAY MCINTIRESpecialist Four · February 16, 1970
- DONALD WILLIAM MORINLance Corporal · February 16, 1970
- EDWARD YEELance Corporal · February 16, 1970
From New Castle
- GEORGE FRANCIS PERRY IIISergeant · May 15, 1967
- WILLIAM ALFRED POLLARDPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- PAUL F BRANYAN JRCorporal · December 10, 1967
- JEFFREY TYRONE CASSIDYSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- FRANCIS XAVIER GAWORSKISpecialist Four · April 10, 1970
- JOSEPH STANLEY TIDWELLPrivate First Class · January 17, 1971
- GERALD FRANCIS AYRESMajor · June 18, 1972
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.