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WILLIE JAMES MURRY
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 3, 1948 – April 26, 1969
Service recordWillie James Murry, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 55
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 55
- MARK STEVEN LENNONSpecialist Five · April 26, 1969
- DWIGHT ALLEN MCNEESSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- EDWARD FRANCIS MILESCaptain · April 26, 1969
- DONALD WILLIAM NOELSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- LARRY DOUGLAS PARRPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE HUGHES BURTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 52
- FRANCISCO M GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 53
- DWIGHT ALLEN MCNEESSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 55
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.