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ARTURO OLIVARES-MARTINEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 27, 1947 – April 25, 1968
Service recordArturo Olivares-Martinez, of Ventura, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 3
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Ventura, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 3
- ALBERT BURCIAGASpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- JOSEPH BURKESSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- RONALD JACOB CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT BURCIAGASpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 3
- PATRICK JOHN GRAHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 5
- DENNIS WAYNE HOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 6
- HENRY THURMAN MCCRIMMONSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 8
- BRUCE PAUL NETTESHEIMSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 9
- ANIBAL ORTIZ-RIVERA JRCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 10
- RONALD THOMAS STETTERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 12
- RONALD JAMES WALBERSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 12
From Ventura
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- MICHAEL PERRY MORITZSpecialist Five · June 16, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · May 17, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CREIGHTON ROBERT DUNNSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES APPLEGATESpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- FRANK ROSS ALLENDER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
- SIEGFRIED KOFLERSergeant · July 10, 1967
- DONALD MELVIN SEWELLColonel · November 9, 1967
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.