Vietnam War
Unit | Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 533 |
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Rank | Major U.S. Marine Corps |
Entered Service From | St. Paul Minnesota |
Date of Death | January 19 1968 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Major Murray was a member of the Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 533, Marine Attack Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing. On January 19, 1968, he was the bombardier/navigator of a Grumman Attack Aircraft Intruder (A-6A) on a combat mission near Vinh Phu five miles east-southeast of Phu Tho, North Vietnam, when his aircraft was shot down. His remains were recovered on April 10, 1986 and identified on December 15, 1986. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.