Murff, Herbert Sterling
Marines Master sergeant

Herbert Sterling Murff, age 41, from Caruthersville, Missouri, Pemiscot county.

Service era: Vietnam

Spouse: Dorthy A. Murff

Children: Vikki Murff and Denyse Murff

Parent: Callie R. Murff

Date of death: Saturday, March 31, 1979
Death details: Died at St. Joseph Hospital East in Memphis, Tenn. His name was added to the Vietnam Wall in 1997. He was crew chief on a CH-46 helicopter that came under fire on August 8, 1966 at Quang Tri. He was wounded in the abdomen and later had his spleen removed. He returned from the war to live a normal life until 1979 when he came down with bronchial pneumonia. He died because he had no spleen.

Source: National Archives, Memphis Commercial Appeal 1979, Associated Press (1997)