Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: A Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 30-Jul-1947
Hometown: Covina, California
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 22-May-1967
Incident date: 12-Dec-1967
Date of casualty: 12-Dec-1967
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Walter Edward Murphy Jr died from wounds received while on road security mission when hit by fragments from hostile mine.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Covina Hills), Covina, California, USA
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