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WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 28, 1950 – January 30, 1969
Service recordWilliam Joseph Murphy, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Dearborn Heights, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 21
- RICHARD ALLEN MOORELance Corporal · January 30, 1969
- JOSEPH YBARRA RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD REEDERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT RUSSELLPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
From Dearborn Heights
- JOHN FRANCIS BANKOWSKISpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- BRUCE ELLIOT BOWERSPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES RICESergeant · October 27, 1967
- GERALD ALEXANDER TUCKERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- BRUCE JEFFREY WILDERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- GLENN OWEN HELKAPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- DALE ALLEN NICHOLLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- FREDDY PAUL HEUGELSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- DONALD JAMES SPATAFOREPrivate · March 13, 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.