PFC.
HERBERT BURGESS MURPHY
Casualty was on May 10, 1969
In QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
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Herbert Burgess Murphy
Pfc.
Herbert Burgess Murphy served with the 3rd Battalion, 5th
Marines, Mike Company. He was Killed In Action on May 10, 1969. His
name stands proudly on the Mike 3/5 Wall of Honor. Semper Fidelis, Brother
Marine. We will never forget.
May
10, 1969
Pfc. Herbert Murphy and Pfc. Ronny Smith died while on road security
along Liberty Road just outside of An Hoa. They were members of the
first platoon who were assigned to daylight observation positions
along the road that led from the An Hoa combat base and Da Nang. Unfortunately
Smith and Murphy who had the same assignment the day before returned
back to the same exact position the next day. This was a bad practice
as the enemy use to observe the positions the marines used and at
the end of the day when the positions would be abandoned, the enemy
often would booby trap the positions in hopes the marines would return
to the same position instead of a new one which would require digging
a new fighting hole. Smith and Murphy went to the same position and
were killed instantaneously by the blast of the booby trap. I personally
helped retrieve the bodies and while doing so discovered several other
trip wires attached to boobtraps. The enemy had most certainly been
observing the actions of the marines along Liberty Road...Semper Fi,
Paul O'Connel
(See
also Pfc. Ronny Smith
Memorial page)
