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WILLIAM NEWTON MCMURTREY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1947 – August 24, 1968
Service recordWilliam Newton McMurtrey, of Killen, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Killen, Alabama (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 6
- ROBERT WARREN MCGILLPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MILLERFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- LEWIS NANCESpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- LUPE P OCHOASpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY PYRANTCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 7
From Killen
- GARY FRANK WALLACECaptain · July 20, 1967
- JERRY REED JOHNSONSergeant · May 29, 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.