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ALAN CRAIG MARTIN
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 1, 1946 – March 8, 1969
Service recordAlan Craig Martin served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 15
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 13 AF
- Born
- July 1, 1946
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “13 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 15
- PAUL WAYNE SHREWSBURYPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- LARRY LEE STONERWarrant Officer 1 · March 11, 1969
- LARRY STRAHANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- CARLOS LEROY TARTTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- JOHN RANDOLPH WEIRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WALLACE ISRAELTechnical Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 74
- RALPH ASBERRY CONEColonel · Panel 30W, Line 76
- RAYMOND LEROY TACKEMajor · Panel 30W, Line 97
- WARREN LARUE LONGMajor · Panel 30W, Line 101
- PAUL ELLIS GARRETTLieutenant Colonel · Panel 29W, Line 9
- WILLIAM BICKERS TERRYMaster Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 11
- BARRY WAYNE MURTAUGHStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 76
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.