Patrick Peter Murray

Vietnam War
UnitMarine All Weather Attack Squadron 533
RankMajor U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromSt. Paul Minnesota
Date of DeathJanuary 19 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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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.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.