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Walter Michael Murphy - NOTES FROM THE VIRTUAL WALL

The photograph on left is from the 1954 yearbook of
Curtis High School, Staten Island, NY. Photo on right is from Wagner College, 1958

In loving memory of a beloved son and brother.

From Mom, Dad, Bobby and Hank

HEADQUARTERS U. S. MARINE CORPS
Office of the Commandant
Washington, DC, 20360

The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the SILVER STAR
MEDAL posthumously to

MAJOR WALTER M. MURPHY
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

for service as set forth in the following

CITATION:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as Operations
Officer of the First Battalion, First Marines, First Marine Division (reinforced), in
operations against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam on 31 January 1968.
Major Murphy was in command of a provisional unit assigned to reinforce the
Military Assistance Command Headquarters in Hue and attempt to rescue a general
officer of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam near the Citadel. As his unit moved

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