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ALAN DAVID MARTIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 8, 1947 – May 17, 1970
Service recordAlan David Martin, of Maple Heights, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Maple Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 58
- PAUL JOHN MARCINSergeant · May 17, 1970
- DANIEL HAROLD MUNIZPrivate · May 17, 1970
- ROY ANDREW PETTY JRSergeant · May 17, 1970
- GEORGE CLIFTON SCHULTZ JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE BLOOMFIELDCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 56
- RICHARD ALLEN HAITHCOXCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 57
- HENRY JAMES KETHESergeant · Panel 10W, Line 57
- PAUL JOHN MARCINSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 58
- MICHAEL ALBERT WAINWRIGHTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 59
- WAYNE GARY WUTZKEPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 59
From Maple Heights
- GEORGE BRUCE MENGESMajor · January 2, 1967
- MARCO JOSEPH BARUZZISpecialist Four · February 3, 1967
- TERRY JOHN PERKOLance Corporal · February 21, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH NERAD JRCorporal · March 30, 1967
- NICKOLAS R PALUMBO JRCorporal · August 29, 1967
- LOUIS ALLAN SNAKOVSKY JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- CECIL BOYD WAGNER JRCorporal · September 29, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · July 2, 1969
- BARRY ROBERT CLARKCorporal · September 5, 1969
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.